Ecology

companies have turned their attention in realizing how going ‘green’ can benefit public relations, reducing cost and lowering the global emissions for industrial manufacturing. Thus Green Computing has become an innovative way on how technology and ecology converge together. Nowadays, people prefer Network-based computing to an in-house based computing. The concept of cloud computing has dramatically changed the classical method of computation. Cloud computing and Green computing are two most…

Sustainability is defined by Miller & Spoolman, (2009) as the “Ability of earth’s various systems, including human cultural systems and economies, to survive and adapt to changing environmental conditions indefinitely.” Applying this definition to ecology, there are four scientific principles of sustainability that highlight how the ecosystem has naturally sustained itself for billions of years. The thought by environmental scientists is that if humans incorporate these principles into our…

Presence of carnivores helps to maintain the integrity of ecosystems throughout the world (Soulè and Terborgh, 1999). Many carnivores are capable of altering trophic structure and biodiversity through a process known as top-down control (Elmhagen and Rushton, 2007). Through this, carnivores are able to prevent the overabundance of herbivores. If uncontrolled, an explosion in herbivore population density would increase the grazing pressure that would ultimately threat the survival of the…

The fisheries sector as part of the oceans sector plays a large part in Nova Scotia's economy. The direct GDP impact of the ocean sector in the Nova Scotia economy is estimated at $2.62 billion in 2001, about double the 1996 impact measured at $1.37 billion. This direct impact accounts for about 10% of total Nova Scotia GDP (Gardner, Fraser, Milloy, Frost, 2005). However, it is important to remember for such a large industry, a large amount of waste is produced as well. Currently in Nova Scotia,…

over the world are suffering from the results of the projects, which are made for the name of progress in today’s industrial society. The way to such type of thinking is offered by the theory of ecocriticism which has various concepts such as deep ecology, ecopoetics,and ecofeminism. Ecofeminism encourages our interconnectedness with nature. It also addresses the subjugation of women and marginalized people. The recognition of social and environmental injustices is presented…

Biodiversity conservation relies on a number of disciplines working together, including ecology and other biological sciences, physical sciences, mathematics, and…

Experiment: Interspecific Competition (Buckwheat v. Oats) I. Introduction Understanding relationships between organisms is crucial to the study of ecology. Within the study of organism relationships, there exist many types of ecological competitions. The focus of our lab experiment will be on interspecific competition. Interspecific competition is best defined as the competition between individuals of different species (Brooker et al 2014). The concept of interspecific competition is…

BALANCING BIODIVERSITY IN CHANGING ENVIRONMENT: IMPORTANCE AND CONSERVATION Abstract: Biodiversity is the variety and variability of living organisms, including their species richness in an environment. It is a major component of environment and useful for all living organisms including man. Biodiversity plays important role in regulation of climate. Biodiversity is a major part of life-support system. It is particularly ecological, economic, spiritual, cultural, and aesthetic importance.…

In the article, Managing Biosphere, written by Stephen R. Carpenter states that managing ecology has evolved successfully during the years. For example, if one little species that had no purpose on earth were to be endangered, they would find a way to solve and save the species from extinction. Carpenter explains that humans attempt of trying to conserve wildlife has expanded into more of a world wide type of problem. Some of the Fresh water has also been tampered by humans. The author claims…

Conservation of wildlife is an issue that is relevant to today in people’s everyday life. The importance of this topic, was not introduced recently. Although a poem published in 1967, still have relevance today shows the importance of modern contemporary poets, whose voice can be heard to this day. W.S. Merwin’s “For a Coming Extinction” emphasizes the importance of saving animals and the environment that is still relevant to today’s issues. In this short poem, concepts of everyday wrong-doing…