Global Competitiveness Report

Though not intentionally, humans are aggravating the epidemic in ways that don’t seem quite as distinct as the possibility of a virus lurking in the ocean. Instead, humans are contributing to global warming and its effect on coastal communities. Due to increased concentrations of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels (Brooks, 2011), oceans are beginning to absorb more and more heat. As greenhouse gases begin trapping CO2 emissions,…

Since its history, global warming has posed a threat against Earth with its issues, such as pollution and rising sea levels. However, with research, scientists can search for a way to slow down the effects on global warming. Global warming has been defined as the extreme changes in Earth’s climate. Human activity has overwhelmed the atmosphere and is the major driving factor in global warming. Pollution has been one of the major issues in the Earth’s climate. Pollution has been around since the…

Solar desalinization is a technique of removing salt from saline water with a uniquely created still that absorbs the sun’s energy in order to boil saline water and intake the product’s steam to be cooled and converted back to pure drinkable water. Lower than one percent of desalinization plants are powered with energy sources similar to solar energy. An example of one of these plants is WaterFX in California which produces 65,00 gallons of drinkable water daily. This same company, WaterFx…

for a 0.151 C° increase, China comes in second with a 0.063 C° increase and third is Russia, fourth is Brazil and fifth is India. China, Brazil and India are considered developing countries which means that three out of the top five contributors to global warming are in the process of industrializing. Is it fair that these countries be restricted in their development because of time…

An inconvenient truth is a documentary about humans causing global warming presented by Al Gore. An inconvenient truth uses various techniques to persuade the audience in that global warming is caused by human activity. Montage technique helped to get the message across by displaying images with powerful meaning and gets the point across quickly . False analogy technique was used throughout the film and made the point have more of an impact. Sad voice technique in addition to montage and false…

A fuel is any material that can be made to react with other substances so that it releases chemical energy as heat. Fuels can range from solid forms such as coal, liquid forms such as LPG & gas forms such as propane (you, 2017). Most of the fuels used are fossil fuels. Over 81% of America’s fuels are fossil fuels, these include fuels such as oil, coal and natural gas. Fossil fuels are fuels that are extracted from the earth, this means that they are a limited resource. This creates the need for…

In the production process, the polymer plastic will has Polyvinyl chloride toxic can cause serious pollution of air, water and land. Cycle can affect the natural environment. ScienceDirect, Global Environmental Change, Volume 23 Issue 6, December 2013, Page1852-1861,“Natural cycles” in lay understandings of climate changeLinda H. Connor, Nick Higginbothamb Available at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378013001088 [Accessed 1 April 2017] Natural cycles are the center of…

1) The deforestation that India encountered could have effected India’s farming land creating the “quality of life” of the people of India to not develop in the same ways as the most developed countries like Australia and the U.S. If farming was a very crucial element to their countries and others for food, then the Urbanization of their country could have had a negative effect. They might have gotten more from their farming than their factories and building for mass production or if they were…

Oaks trees (Quercus species) have adaptations to withstand drought but the trade off of those adaptations is multiple long-term negative effects on photosynthesis. These adaptations help to tolerate harsh conditions, specifically in drought. In situations of long periods of drought it has been researched that oak trees lose their ability to effectively perform photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is the process in which sunlight is converted in to chemical energy. Plants make their own food by using…

Despite the east coast’s recent snowstorm, it looks like spring will be arriving early this year, as predicted by Pennsylvania’s most famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil. On the morning of February 2nd, Phil emerged from his tree trunk cage. As he was placed on top of the tree trunk, his actions, interpreted by The Groundhog Club’s emcee, depicted that Phil did not see his shadow. The emcee then announced “ There is no shadow to be cast! An early spring is my forecast!” as Punxsutawney Phil’s…