Natural World

environmental science, defined as “the study of how the natural world works, and how our environment affects us, and how we affect our environment (Withgott, 2012)”, takes a deeper look in how we can improve our world by changing our ways of living. Environmental issues such as depleting natural recourses, harming ecosystems, using fossil fuels and population growth are major contributing factors in harming our environment in the 21st century. Natural resources stated by Withgott are sources…

The Marcellus Shale, the United States’ largest natural gas field and one of the largest in the world, is a huge sedimentary rock thousands of feet below Earth’s surface and is millions of years old. The natural gas was created over those millions of years is a byproduct of the decomposing materials, the mud and organic material that composes the rock. The Marcellus Shale stretches from upstate New York, goes south through Pennsylvania and West Virginia, through a small part of Maryland, then…

Zack Tatum EXAMING THE KEY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NATURAL GAS MARKETS IN THREE DISTINCT REGIONS: NORTH AMERICA, EUROPE AND ASIA TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Page 3 Asia – Market Maturity Page 3…

While there are multiple differing views on how the world was created, there is only one defining way for how the world is today-- progress. Still, progress is not uniform in itself. John Stuart Mill believed progress was for the sake of liberty and stemmed from society whereas Edward O. Wilson found society’s progress from natural sciences. As each author differentiates their views on progress, it does not prevent the reader from comparing and contrasting the ideals behind the arguments. In his…

the nature spirits and fear them. Instead of seeking a relationship with them, they wage war, and nature wages war back. This personification of the natural world through the spirits, combined with the ignorance of the people, crafts a perfect image of what Myizaki feared may occur in the early 2000s. His forewarning that a balance between the two worlds must be reached, and war not be waged, eloquently characterized the conflict he saw in his own country of Japan, as the effects of…

different methods of adaptation that take place amongst organic species: natural and artificial selection. Instinctually, one may declare something as “natural” when it has not been tampered by direct human interference, and “artificial” when human intervention has changed the physical condition of that original characteristic. When comparing the two, many tend to favor the ease of efficiency that artificial selection has to offer. Natural selection – on the other hand – takes hundreds of years…

the purposes and processes of various artist who works with natural and found objects in the environment. • Understand how natural and fabricated materials can be mediums of artistic expression. • Use visual vocabulary to articulate observations and importance of artists creating peripheral views with various materials. • Identify alternative artistic views for found objects. •…

With the emergence of Darwinism’s book, The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, several individuals speculated that evolution was the ultimate antagonist toward the fundamental belief of the origin of creation: God. However, Kenneth Miller, a cellular biologist, rejects the separation of the two concepts in his book, Finding Darwin’s God: A Scientist’s Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution, by arguing that accepting one belief does not imply refuting the other but…

The world faces immense glitches when it comes to handling matters concerning natural hazards. Natural hazards are extreme and severe climate and weather events that occur naturally in all the expenses of the realm. However, some parts are more susceptible to definite regions than elsewhere. For instance, natural fires. Natural fires have traumatized the world with the devastating damages that it has to the environment. One of the most prevalent firestorms is the 2003 Firestorm in Southern…

energy than any other non-renewable resource. Second there is no release of greenhouse gasses which contribute to global warming, and finally nuclear energy is the most reliable source of power in the world today. Nuclear power produces electricity that is less expensive than coal and natural gas while providing more energy for use. The Energy Informative Organization supports this claim when the author states, “Generating electricity in nuclear reactors is cheaper…