Snowball Earth

Unpredictable climatic shifts described by Brian Fagan in “The Little Ice Age” had a large impact European history from 1300 through 1850, marked by significant temperature drops and turbulent weather. During this time, families suffered after the weather ruined agricultural crops and caused fish to stay further south, in turn negatively affecting economies. The wet summers and cold winters also aided in the spread of epidemics. The failing crop harvests as well as flopping fishing territories.…

Zachary Campanelli Gsci-131 Final Paper Mount Tambora is a volcano located on the northern coast of Sumbawa Island, Indonesia. The volcanic eruption in April 1815 is the largest recorded eruption in history. Mount Tambora forms the 60 kilometer long Sanggar Peninsula, previously standing at a height of approximately 5000 meters high. After the eruption, the volcano lost most of it’s top, now standing at 2,851 meters. Today the volcano still remains active. Smaller eruptions have taken place in…

What is heaven like? What is hell like? These questions have been asked by humans since the beginning. Heaven and hell are somewhat described throughout the Bible. Growing up, we are taught what heaven and hell may be like and who goes where. Humans have and will always try to imagine the two realms of afterlife. The Bible states that, since we are human, we cannot comprehend what heaven and hell are like. As far as I’m concerned, heaven is somewhere I want to be and hell is not. C.S. Lewis has…

Ecological imperialism delineated as the intentional destruction, through exploitation, taking out and transmit of natural resources of the colonized lands in the fascination of scientific and economic progress. The main objective of this article is to show that the loss of the natural environment and agrarian culture and the evils of the rapid urbanization and industrial activity, Green Imperialism through the two famous fictions of George Orwell. It also focuses on the ecological dimension of…

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the word moment as a minute portion or point of time. According to this definition, each one of the 7 and a half billion people inhabiting this planet have hundreds and thousands and millions of moments that compose the entirety of their lives. Desperate moments, joyous moments, heartbroken moments, terrifying moments, ridiculous moments. All these emotions, all these moments, that make us who we are. And for some peculiar reason, certain moments in…

The concept of literacy is perpetually changing. For example, hundreds of years ago, literacy was significantly different than what it is today. Even during the same time periods literacy is different around the world. Depending on the culture, people consider certain levels of literacy to be socially acceptable. In some cultures, children only need to attend school until the eighth grade. At which point parents expect their children to help more at home or assist in providing for the family.…

Hence, climate change will accelerate the existing poverty. For example, when there is the change in temperatures, it can change the structure of the earth and will lead major climate stresses including sea level rise, storms and drought. Such climate hazardous will ultimately put people into risks, such as disease outbreak and malnutrition. UNHCR shows that “since 2009, an estimated one person every…

There are two very important processes we need in order to stay alive. They are photosynthesis and human digestion. Even though, both of these processes are vital to our existence, there has been so many changes to them over the past few hundred years caused by human activity and scientific advancement. Right now, you may (or may not) be trying to recall what exactly photosynthesis and human digestion are. But anyway, let’s just pretend that you are back in elementary school and you are learning…

INCIDENT/ ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REPORT Title of the Incident/ Accident ST. Francis Dam disaster in California Brief Summary At 11:57PM on March 12, 1928, in the St. Francis Dam. It seemed that the huge dam collapse and so this was a catastrophic failure, it has been built to supply the city of Los Angeles with water because of the growing number of the population. The dam has been built by the Ministry of the Los Angeles Water and Power, in the period between 1924 and 1926. The department was…

Have you ever seen an iceberg? There is a tiny portion emerged from the water, and a whole hidden one ten times the size below the water. This can be thought of like a movie and a book. The tiny, miniscule, portion emerged is the movie, and the hidden one ten times the size is the book. Thought the book and the movie adaptation of “The Outsiders” there are some similarities between the two. While they may have some similarities they pale in comparison to the stark differences between the…