Mangrove

This report will focus on Royal Dutch Shell, a multi-national oil and gas company (Shell, 2015) and its business and environmental practices. While Shell has engaged in unethical practices in parts of the world such as the Philippines, Brazil, South Africa, USA and Russia, this report will focus on their unethical practices and how it has damaged the environment specifically in Nigeria. Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) first set up its operations in Nigeria in 1937 (Burger,…

Aquatic environments and how they differ in chemical nature due to the effects if global warming Introduction The term ‘Global Warming’ refers to the process in which the Earth’s average, global temperature increases due to numerous trace gases in the atmosphere, which have the power to absorb part of Earth’s outgoing infrared radiation. The concentrations of these gases have been increasing due to human activities, such as the burning of fossil fuels, since the Industrial Revolution. The…

1. Introduction Climate change is a crucial issue of our era (Annan, 2007) and is expected to have serious environmental, economic, and social impacts on resource limited countries such as Cameroon. In particular, small-scale farmers depending on available natural resources as well as on traditional farm practices are more affected. Like elsewhere, local farmers' perceptions of climate change and their strategies to mitigate its impacts are based on indigenous knowledge and their own…

the Galápagos Islands. They are herbivores and feed mostly on the algae on the rocks they lay on near the shore. The males, which are larger than the females, may grow to 4 feet or more. Iguanas seem to prefer rocky shores but may also be found in mangrove swamps and beaches. The iguanas can dive over 9 m down into the water. The lava lizard is a reptile which are native to South America. There are around 20 recognized species but only 7 of them are found on the Galápagos Islands. Lave lizards…

“Conner, wait for me!” I yelled to my older brother as he scurried up a mangrove tree in our backyard. The two of us spent everyday roaming around the island of Oahu that we were so blessed to call our home for most of our lives. I followed my older brother around like a lost puppy dog, mimicking what he did, admiring his courage, and trying to gain his acceptance. I always had scrapes and bruises, dirt on my face, and was engaging in games most girls shied away from. My brother always appeared…

Global warming and climate change can both refers to the observed centuryscale risses in the average temperature of the Earths climate system and its related effects, although climate changeing can also refers to any historical change in climate. Multiples lines of scientific evidences shows that the climate system is warming up . More than 91% of the additional energy stored in the climate system since 1975 has gone into ocean warming; the remainder has melted the ice, and warmed the…

The Australian coastline is a dynamic environment, dominated by ocean processes, the movement of sediments, and presence of marine ecosystems. Understanding of coastal process is required to manage while increasing demand humans place on coast. The field trip was conducted in some beaches selected (Sellick beach, Aldingga Beach, Port Noarlungga and Brighton Beach) to present a variety of types of coast, which have variations in the natural processes and human activities occurring along the…

richness and diversity coupled with high endemism (Prasad et al..). As per Champion and Seth [year] the predominant forest types of the study area are Andaman Evergreen (EG), Andaman Semi-evergreen (SEG), Andaman Moist deciduous (MD), Littoral and Mangrove forests. Major part of the island is covered with SEG which is scattered at all the topographic and environmental gradients. EG is restricted to hilly areas and higher concentrations are found in the southern parts of the islands while the…

vegetation” (Agent Orange Contamination, 2008, pp.15). In terms of the entire country, 10% of Vietnam had been sprayed and effectively destroyed. Coastlines had been badly eroded and the once flourishing jungles were devoid of vegetation. 36% of all mangrove trees, the habitat of multiple species and the breeding grounds of fish, were demolished. The forests which were home to tigers, goat, deer, and seabirds were left barren. The pictures on the left from When Technology Fails show a before…

Global Pattern- Malaria Figure 1: global malaria distribution figure 2: global distribution of malaria mosquito Geographic Distribution of Malaria As shown on figure 1, the risk of malaria disease is concentrated between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn, such as Sub-Sahara in Africa, north of South America and Southeast of Asia. Malaria is more concentrated here because these areas have similar patterns such breeding of Anopheles mosquito. This is due to…