Natural disaster

Hartley Nature Center Service Reflection Driving up to Hartley Nature Center, the prominent respect for nature is immediately evident. When I first arrived at Hartley, Brett expressed to me that the Nature Center is dedicated to inspiring life-long connections to nature through education, play, and exploration. Even after only a few minutes of being at the center, I could see that the mission they wish to ensue was being acted out all round me. Everyone there was enjoying nature in their own…

In the issue of fracking, using water and various chemicals to extract natural gas from the ground, many people support it on the basis that it makes the United States less dependent on foreign energy supplies, however, it destroys the environment around it, which leads to people disregarding it as a risk not worth pursuing. An editorial in the Toledo blade called ”Fracking’s Dangers,” explores the relationship between fracking and the increase in earthquakes within the past few decades. The…

and cruelty (which eventually is all of us). This is a fair question that I believe deserves an answer. A second criticism of God is based on natural evil, rather than moral evil. The definition of natural evil here is the existence of natural disasters, disease, and pain throughout the world. People claim that the universe should not contain these natural evils, and that they are indicators that the world is not perfect. Their question is “If God is perfect, why did he not create a perfect…

10 times more energy, 19 times more aluminum, 14 times more paper, 13 times more iron & steel; than someone from the south” (Gonzalez, 2016) However, this does not mean that inhabitants of the global south do not contribute to global depletion of natural resources and environmental degradation. As the essay question highlights, both developed and underdeveloped countries create their own distinct pressures on the global environment and these pressures vary in their causes, manifestations and…

the collapse of ancient civilizations and how few among them realized, believed or even saw disaster was approaching. Destruction and depletion of the environment played a significant role in most situations, but it happened fast and usually when the civilization was at the peak of their power. In many ways the United States may be on this same path. Destruction of the environment and depletion of natural resources were the forerunners of collapse in most ancient cultures. Over-farming,…

It wasn’t that people at that time couldn’t smell the suffocating smoke, but the warmth and energy that coal brought was more important at the time. Around 1980 there were 3700 factories inside Beijing, for a large agricultural country eager to develop, smokestacks were a sign of progress. We had absolutely no experience or consciousness of pollution, nor the ability to control it. Major pollutants did not have any set standards. Even though the amount of coal burned wasn’t near today’s levels,…

When a catastrophe strikes, people that are not prepared often find that their survival instincts will kick in, and this makes them start to consider doing things that they normally wouldn 't do just to be able to live. Unfortunately, this means that they will be willing to attack others who took the time to prepare, so they can get their supplies or steal their form of shelter. Because of this, it is essential that people plan ways that they can protect themselves and their supplies ahead of…

With natural selection its major driving mechanism, evolution is the change over time in the makeup of genetics of a population. Supported by evidence from many scientific methods, Charles Darwin, in On the Origin of Species, asserts that inheritable variations occur in individuals in a population. In the process known as natural selection, due to competition for limited resources, individuals with more favorable characteristics or phenotypes are more likely to survive and better reproduce,…

There are infinite ways one defines the word wild. As the dictionary states “Living in a state of nature; not tamed or domesticated”. In other words, anything without human contact is wild.” However, in H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald, Macdonald defines wild as a place where one goes to heal from the real world. Eventually, her definition of wild evolves into something else as she continues her relationship with Mabel. Macdonald’s Goshawk. After her father’s tragic death, all Macdonald could…

other various elements of the natural resources. The problem is instilled in most developed countries where the ecological and carbon footprints are at high rates whereas the biocapacity is relatively low especially in the Gulf…