Natural disaster

Reading a standard American history textbook from cover to cover, one would likely not run across many references to the natural world. Occasionally the author mentions the influence of mineral discoveries, or devastating natural disasters such as earthquakes and dust storms, but never how the environment molded the societies that developed within it. Ted Steinberg’s Down to Earth: Nature’s Role in American History is a noticeable departure from this methodology. His ambitious goal is simple,…

mainly because of how expensive it will be. Also, it will depend on if all of the main countries throughout the world switch as well. At any point, an environmental disaster could happen caused by the overuse of fossil fuels, but is it worth switching to a safer source, but not as efficient and cost effective just to try to prevent a disaster that may never happen? The question still stands if the world will decide to go the safe route and risk going into a depression, continue using fossil…

Believe it or not, climate change is here, real, and affecting the world around us with irreversible consequences caused by humans. At this point, there is a monumental amount of data and scientific agreement on climate change, every single person should be scared of climate change and the effects it is having on the world. The current level of abhorrence at the very thought that humans are causing the climate to change, that the climate even is changing, and that this change is having…

drive American economic growth, and create green jobs for American workers, offering new skills and new earnings opportunities up and down the economic ladder…” (Podesta, Stern, and Batten). A problem that results from climate change is the natural disasters that impact people around the world. Countries spend numerous amounts of money to prevent large scale impact to infrastructure and also to resolve impact that occurs. The statement from The Center of American Progress assures that countries…

Water: Taken for Granted Water is present on more than seventy percent of the Earth’s surface. It is found in almost every part of the world, whether it is clear and glistening on the beaches of Florida or murky and muddy in the Amazon River. This mesmerizing liquid is able to take the form of a liquid, solid, or a gas which makes it universal solution. The presence of water in the lives of humans is as vast as the universe because it is at the epicenter of sustaining life. It is often said that…

Regardless if the state is right or wrong? It seems that Socrates answered this question when he opted to obey the state of Athens even when he knew it was acting wrongly against him. Socrates showed excessive loyalty that could not be justified by other men of thought. According to Socrates, the fate of a citizen is sealed, that is total and unwavering loyalty and obedience to the state since he chose to live in and be a part of it. He knew, according to him, that he was condemned to death…

Renewable energy is energy which can be obtained from natural resources that can be constantly replenished .Unlike non-renewable energy, renewable energy do not perish and friendlier than non-renewable energy because they do not produce gases or smoke. However, renewable energies also have their own limitations…

Offshore oil drilling occurs not only in the United States, but around the entire world. Drilling is a common practice and exists in eighty different countries. Within the entire world there are approximately 1,470 functioning offshore oil rigs (“Number of offshore”). At the rate that the United States is drilling, the country will use up all the fuel in the oceans within a fifteen-year time span creating the largest oil shortage in history. Although offshore oil drilling can be harmful to…

Food and Agriculture Organization, and rainfall patterns are quite erratic.” • “In late July an environmental disaster occurred on the Huai River, one of China’s seven big rivers. A 133 km-long black and brown plume swept along the river killing millions of fish and devastating wildlife.” • “The governor of Amazonas state is promoting a Green Free-Trade Zone and…

Though overfishing and lack of proper fisheries management has left much of the world in a critical situation, that’s not the case everywhere. Alaska’s fisheries are some of the most environmentally friendly and economically booming businesses in the world. Every year fishermen harvest hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of fish and shellfish from their waters. Fishery managers have created a system that successfully creates abundant annual fishing seasons that practically eliminates…