Solar cycle

earth increases, “the demand for food, energy, minerals and other products” rises as well (Eitzen, Smith, Zinn 76). As we look at environmental issues, we must remember some “environmental problems are beyond human control (volcanoes, earthquakes, solar flares), [but] most are social in origin” (Eitzen, Smith, Zinn 76). In an attempt to solve these complications, we must change human behavior to reduce or eradicate many of the environmental extortions.…

maintain aspects that strike comparisons to those of Earth, though poses equal distinction in its galactic contrasts. This article shall reveal the ideal atmospheric condition of Earth as well as towards its sustaining a total environment for complete cycles of life and its relevant forms with respective functionality. Where climate is of ultimate relevance, another inclusion within this article shall be the respective weather particulars that are unique to Mars and Earth, which, ultimately,…

nitrogen oxide emissions from diesel-fueled vehicles and equipment to form ground-level ozone. “These emissions contribute to the enhanced greenhouse effect and climate change” (Fracking Is Harmful). Climate change is believed to affect the water cycle and cause more extreme weather events, including heat waves, floods and droughts. Climate change is among one of the biggest environmental problems the earth faces as it affects so many different parts of the ecosystem. The art of fracking has too…

More than 150 years ago, the invention of the camera, a now every day item, was made and its later counterparts would be the technology to predict deadly catastrophes and save millions of people. This modern technology is known as remote sensing. The term “remote sensing” was used first by Evelyn Pruitt of the U.S. Office of Naval Research in the 1950s. It is “commonly used to describe science-and art-of identifying, observing, and measuring an object without coming into direct contact with it”…

Estimated back to about billions and millions of years ago, the moon was created. Many believe it all started when a mars-sized planet impacted the Earth. Afterwards caught in the Earth’s orbit and soon formed into what became the moon. Up till now, scientists now acknowledge theories of the moon, the moon’s environment, and plenty know the understandings and compositions of the moon. Currently, the moon isn’t as uncommonly unknown to us now, ever since a little over four hundred years ago. That…

As once said by British novelist Anthony Burgess; “Colonialism. The enforced spread of the rule of reason. But who is going to spread it among the colonizers?” This emphasizes some of the main problems with space colonization, and how prevalent it has been in history. This concept can be seen in the novel Nemesis by Isaac Asimov, which explores the development of colonies in space, and how different individuals react towards colonization. Within the novel it is shown that humanity is a species…

From the many years past, humans have created many things, such as terraforming, and interstellar travel. The human race has also gone so far as to colonize planets previously thought to be un-colonizable. As such, we have changed areas such as Mercury and Jupiter to habilitate Human life. The biosphere is the prize of the age, used to keep inhabitants of Mercury from burning themselves to a crisp. Mercury is currently the hub of the universe since it moves 4.14 times faster than Earth (in…

Solar panels are the future of energy. Fossil fuels are in limited supply and until now, it was thought nothing could replace them. Our only hope for future energy relies on a renewable energy source that is both reliable and cheap. For the answer we look to photovoltaic energy (energy from the sun). One of the chief producers of photovoltaic energy is the solar panel. Each new generation of solar panels produces more energy cheaper than the previous making it a viable solution to energy…

economy using fossil fuels alone, only, however, if emissions are not taken into account (Lewis & Nocera, 2006). With emissions in mind, a cleaner source would be necessary, such as solar. Publishing work for the National Academy of Sciences, scientists rendered a large portion of the energy needed could be procured from solar energy capture and storage (Lewis & Nocera, 2006). In the search for the better source of energy, if one source could provide the same amount of energy than another,…

environmental problems. As a result, the benefits are considered the only point of view in many discussions about the theme, even though the drawbacks are significant and can be a barrier in the development of some energies like the solar. The benefits of the solar energy are commonly related to the natural resource characteristics, like the abundance and renewable capacity, which distinguish it from the traditional way of collecting energy. It is a common knowledge that Sun doesn’t stop…