Gases

There are two resources for people’s food: plants and animals. To provide food from plants, people have to develop agriculture. Deforestation is done in order to provide enough space for planting crops. Chemical fertilizer is used to make the plants bigger and faster to grow. Fossil fuels are used for farm machinery to plough the soil, as well as to process the food products. One of the main causes of deforestation is agriculture. Forests are cleared to be converted to plantations. The…

the Greek word neos, or new. This finding was “vital in proving the existence of isotopes” (McCormick 1). The Periodic Table of Elements shows neon on the farthest right column, meaning it belongs to the noble gas family. As a part of the noble gases, neon is chemically inert, meaning it’s very hard to get it to easily react with other elements. This is because neon has ten electrons, and consists of five electron pairs, making it very stable. It is for this reason there are currently…

grenade launchers and bayonetts. People must have a discussion about suppressors, also known as silencers. Silencers, as the audience may or may not know, is simply a muffler for a firearm. It (the silencer) redirects and slows the expanding gases that come from the firearms projectile as it passes down the barrel, thus causing the loud crack and report of the firearm to be slightly muffled to a lower decibel rating, it causes people, who shoot both recreationally and professionally,…

aggravated because of these natural causes of air pollution. However, the major causes of air pollution are the activities that are undertaken by human beings, which include burning of waste, fossil fuels, smoke originating from vehicles and industries, gases and agricultural activities [5]. The biggest human source resulting in air pollution is the emissions from industrial establishments, power plants and vehicles [2]. “Air conditioners and vehicles emanate carbon dioxide, which is one of the…

Cowspiracy After watching this video, I did not know if they were telling the actual truth about cow’s impact on earth. It seemed quite ridiculous how one hamburger of beef equals 640 gallons of water to produce, or how 1 gallon of milk equals 1,000 gallons. One hamburger is then the same as 2 entire months of showering! I’ve already had 2 hamburgers to eat this week, and I might not have another one this weekend because of the fact that that 1 more is the same as half a year of showering. But,…

To begin with, fracking is is a slang term that refers to hydraulic fracturing which is the procedure of creating fractures in rocks and rock formations by injecting fluid into cracks to force them open thus releasing oil and natural gas. In this essay I will be citing from multiple sources and explaining the pros and cons of fracking. First of all, fracking is very harmful to the environment. According to the New York Times, “The fracking cocktail includes acids, detergents and poisons that…

centuries humans have increased the atmospheric level of carbon by 30% as they cut down forests and burn trees in an attempt to become more industrialised and create more power (Our Universe Visualised, 2009). As more greenhouse gases, like carbon, are used they join the gases in the atmosphere surrounding…

Antarctica there is a hole in the ozone layer. The hole in the ozone layer is caused by the greenhouse gases and pollution in the air which can be attributed to humans according to Sigmond and Fyfe (2014). The ozone layer is a layer of the stratosphere on Earth, which is a mass of protective gases which cling to our planet (West & Evers, 2015). The burning of fossil fuels cause pollution and the greenhouse gases to destroy Earth’s ozone layer. Fossil fuels are used to power cars and machinery…

worst-case scenario that is also referred to as the “doomsday scenario” is the result if the greenhouse gases escape from below the permafrost. The permafrost is frozen soil that spans large areas of the Northern hemisphere. Underneath the permafrost holds a huge amount of greenhouse gases. The permafrost has shown signs that it is thawing, which would result in a huge release of these harmful gases. In order to prevent this from happening we need to limit the amount of warming that will occur.…

ultraviolet radiation. 2010, marked the hottest decade recorded by NASA. Human activities that release carbon dioxide and other heat trapping greenhouse gases contribute to climate change. The largest known contribution comes from the burning of fossil fuels- coal, oil, and natural gases for energy, and agriculture. Power stations emit 21.3% harmful gases into the atmosphere. A typical coal plant emits 3.5 million tons of CO2 per year. Coal plants in the US are also the leading source of sulfur…