An iceberg is a large floating piece of ice that can be about 16 feet across and found in the North Atlantic.Icebergs form when they break off glaciers that are produced on the ice shelf. Icebergs can also affect the weather by producing fog....
Pollution is a byproduct of many human activities which means that it's often difficult to eliminate completely. We can, however, reduce the quantity of pollution produced, such as the filters that are put on coal-fired power plants to remove soot and ash before it enters the atmosphere....
As we mentioned before, river flooding can happen when there is debris in the river or dams that block the flow of the water. Speaking of dams, broken dams are another cause of flooding. Older infrastructure can fail when heavy rains come and water levels rise. When dams break, they ...
Some entities within global civil society protest against existing and future dangers, demanding action. But no single world government now establishes policies and takes remedial action. And major problems of the global economy, environment, and violence are not being satisfactorily addressed due to ...
food crop yields are obtained by growing crops on irrigated land where moisture can be controlled and optimised. However, capacity to irrigate is dependent on sustainable controlled use of water held in storage and regularly replenished. Threesources of stored water areglaciers, aquifers and dams. ...
The Bottom line? It's all relative. Your folks or grandfolks hopefully got by just fine and hopefully you are, too. And it would be interesting to see how your grandchildren and great-grandchildren will be paying (and making) fifty years down the road....
"The distribution of the burden of degradation of the environment, like that of any other good or bad produced under capitalism, tends to be very unequal between rich and poor." (FitzSimmons et al 1994: (11). Most of the victims to environmental disasters are the rural poor who have been...
The Bottom line? It's all relative. Your folks or grandfolks hopefully got by just fine and hopefully you are, too. And it would be interesting to see how your grandchildren and great-grandchildren will be paying (and making) fifty years down the road....
The sharp eyed might notice we went to a BP station. I know some people are boycotting them, but frankly it's a waste of time doing so. In my opinion there is very little to choose between oil companies. They're all doing their best to make as much profit as possible from extractin...
What causes the Gulf Stream? What effects do abiotic factors have on an aquatic ecosystem? Why is there less nitrate contamination of groundwater? What are the dangers of water pollution? Why does oxygen have such a low solubility in water? What drives water evaporation? What are some natural...