Surface mining

Deforestation is the permanent destruction of forests in order to make the land available for other uses. Can you imagine thirty-six football fields being wiped out per minute? This is happening to our forests, between twelve to fifteen million hectares of forest are lost each year. The DRC Congo and Australia have both undergone Deforestation which has led to loss in biodiversity, releases carbon gases into the atmosphere and many more devastating effects. Around half the world’s tropical…

pollution can cause heart conditions, cancer, and other damaging things to the body. There has been numerous of deaths because of indirect and direct air pollution. Eutrophication results from nitrogen in pollutants being developed over the sea 's surface. Eventually it turns into algae and affects all wildlife present. Depletion of the ozone layer is effected from hydro chlorofluorocarbons and chlorofluorocarbons. As the ozone layer worsens, this could potentially cause eye and skin…

GLOBAL WARMING The term Global Warming can be defined as the gradual increase in the temperature of Earth 's surface, oceans and atmosphere generally associated with the greenhouse effect caused by increased level of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants.The Greenhouse effect is responsible for the increase in temperature all over the world. It is a change that is believed to be changing the Earth 's climate in a permanent way. Global Warming the most important and biggest…

while knocking everything down in the process.The construction causes the descruction of animal homes and plants and puts heat and pressure on the permafrost layer causing it to melt.To fix this,we should limit road construction if possible and mining activities, also cut off pipeline building in this habitat.…

clearly not the case in this faulty causality fallacy. It may be unfair to the citizens who are suffering a drought to have their water restricted while hydraulic fracturing continues. The lack of precipitation is not the hydraulic fracturing or mining companies’ fault so blaming them for land scape and animal death due to the drought is…

According to Wharton University, “The United States only gets 13% of its energy from renewable resources where Germany and Denmark get nearly 50% of their energy from renewable energy” (Science). This a lot considering we have only just scratch the surface of what we can do,and the advancements we can make in the future. For instance, imagine a world where every house has solar singles and solar siding and maybe a small almost hidden wind generator here or there and that is only the beginning.…

What can be said about the resources of the earth? Is there a finite amount or are they limitless? How has humankind affected the earth over the last 200,000 years? Well, the resources of the earth are renewable in many cases, but they need time to replenish. The problem is that humans have damaged these processes of renewal by damaging the environment, and by consuming too many resources, in too short a time. This has led to irreversible damage in most cases, which not only threatens the…

Controlling Carbon Dioxide Emissions Although Carbon is a very scarce element –it is less than one percent of the total composition of elements on Earth-, it forms an essential component of organic matter. It is able to live in all of the different spheres of the earth (in different forms). We need carbon to survive, but in some ways it can be very harmful. Due to that fact, many people are trying to control the amount of carbon dioxide emissions. Many have tried finding out ways to…

Maralinga Tjarutja people for up to 60,000 years. Like nearly all Aboriginal tribes in Australia, the Maralinga Tjarutja believe in a mythical force, commonly thought of as a dragon or a serpent which made the land and buried itself deep under the surface to sleep for all eternity. The dragon/ serpent is believed to be the source of all Uranium in Australia: The Uranium itself being the glowing scales/ skin or the dragon. Uranium is a radioactive metal which is found in vast quantities in…

survived that ordeal, they would then need to successfully light the unstable explosive while not getting themselves blown up, and make it back to safety (Link 5). 4. Miner Historically, mining is one of the most dangerous jobs in history to this day. Exposure to toxic substances released during the mining process puts those nearby at risk for a variety of cancers and other illnesses (Link 6). The results of possible deadly accidents included being crushed, suffocated, or poisoned. In Benxi…