Methane clathrate

Ever since the dawn of man, people have been making use of the planet’s resources. Since then we 've created new ways to enhance our lives. We have created many helpful inventions such as the telephone, automotives, fashionable clothing, and even medical equipment. There have also been times when, because of our foolishness, we create things designed to hurt people. Most think that these inventions couldn 't be any more different, but they always have one thing in common; they have a hand in…

Hardin’s work on the “Tragedy of the Commons” has developed the shared conception that both domestic and international environmental problems are collective action dilemmas (Hardin, 1968). One of the main issues is the emission of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as it has a global impact, unlike some other forms of pollution. Pollutants carried by air and water do not account for national borders. Whether they are emitted in Asia, Africa, Europe or the Americas, they rapidly disperse evenly…

and possible reserves, all of which probably exceed the guesses being made. Meaning, “that the world has far more fossil fuels than it can safely burn”. This is even greater if you include “all the tar sands, heavy oil, kerogen, shale gas, coal-bed methane, and other unconventional sources are included”. Leaving us to tackle the problem of leaving “most of the world’s fossil fuel reverse in the ground” and deliberately bringing about “the peak of fossil fuels”. Chapter 5. Top-down approaches…

California Wildfires: A Burning Problem California, as of recent decades, has a warming relationship with wildfires. The state has seen an increase in wildfires which some believe to be attributed to anthropogenic climate change. Climate change is expected to result in more variable weather patterns that are likely to lead to longer and more severe droughts (“Climate change”, 2016). Generally in late spring through autumn California has a dry, windy, and frequently hot climate. At times…

dioxide into the atmosphere” (Lerner, 13, 2012). Coal is the main source of fuel for electricity, leading it to be the number one contributor for the increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. As if it could not be any worse, coal mining produces methane, a greenhouse gas with a global warming potential 25 times greater than carbon dioxide on a 100-year timeline (“The Relationship of Fossil Fuel and Global Warming,”…

1.1 INTRODUCTION: BILAL YALCIN (4918678) The biggest threat to civilization and our planet is global warming. The increase in the temperature of the World’s surface both land and water are called Global Warming. Scientists have proven that increase in the temperature caused by C02 emissions caused many major environmental disasters such as melting of the glaciers, sea level rising, deforestation. C02 emissions weakens the ozone layer, furthermore our demand for more cars and petrol, gasoline is…

The giant pandas-The endangered species among the animals There are wide varieties of animals living in our earth. Much number of animals got endangered due to the sudden civilization going around the world. This has lead to many environmental impacts and has affected the chain of the life cycle. Why are giant pandas endangered? Many animals got endangered due to unavailability of proper food and loss of shelter. There are still many animals standing on the verge of extinction. Giant panda and…

Even though there are companies that rely on us to use fuels that cause pollution, world governments should allocate more resources to combat climate change because it is causing sea levels and global temperatures to rise. This is not the only thing that is happening or will happen in the near future, droughts will last longer, hurricanes will be stronger and more intense, air and water quality will decrease also. First, world governments should allocate more resources to combat climate change…

In the article Why bother by Michael Pollan, I agree with his thesis about how if we don’t take care of the world and change our ways then this will result in a climate crisis. He also tells us about how today people think too much about their own problems that they forget about the other problems in the world and have others do it for them. I think that Pollan has done a good job in convincing people that doing something to help the environment will help make a difference. Everyone on Earth…

“ The warnings on global warming have been extremely clear for a long time. We are facing a global climate crisis. We are entering a period of consequences.” (Al Gore). Global warming is dangerous and changing our world, as the quote stated above and we’ve haven’t done much to decrease it. Global warming is a serious topic because we realize (and have known this for a while) that it has made a very big modification to our world today. How you may ask? We have been polluting our earth and…