Nature is one phenomenon that has proved to be uncontrollable by humankind. The April 2009 L’Aquila quake disaster indicates how emotions can lead to poor judgment. Seismologists are trained to assess the magnitude of the seismic wave levels and their related dangers. Whether to warn the public or not regarding...
Deforestation is a deliberate, unintentional, or natural destruction and removal of trees. Every year, several million acres of forests are being destroyed. People are cutting them to build roads and houses, construct furniture, and make other wooden structures. The loss of forests leads to multiple negative effects on the environment...
Introduction Contemporary perception of hunting, its impact on the environment, US hunting policy In the prehistoric days, hunting was a source of food. Today this takes a different direction; people hunt for pleasure and income. The question whether or not to continue licensing the activity lingers in the environmental managers...
Chernobyl Accident The Chernobyl incident took place on April 26, 1986, in Ukraine, 60 miles North of Kyiv, when the reactor experienced a beyond design basis reactivity power excursion and subsequent steam explosion. The explosion led to the blowing apart of the reactor core. According to Moler et al. (2018),...
Introduction Directed by Davis Guggenheim, An Inconvenient Truth, is a 2006 documentary-type movie about the former American vice president’s (Al Gore) campaign on global warming. The film is a representation of Gore’s illustrative talk on climate change aimed at informing the public about the dangers of global warming. He re-enacts...
The vital importance of air to humans is justified by the biological need for oxygen, which accounts for approximately 21% of inhaled air (NASA, 2016). Oxygen is vital to the human body, and therefore air as a source must be subject to serious control requirements. In particular, a large number...
Geography The rainforest of Amazonia is known to be one of the world’s most beautiful and significant places. It is located in the territory of Brazil, but its territory is so vast that it extends to the borders of nine other countries. The flora and fauna of this rainforest are...
Introduction Background The food web is a natural interconnection that describes the manner in which energy is transferred from organism A to B, thereby supporting the survival of both plants and animals. Human beings form an important aspect or part of the food web since they are capable of engaging...
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) is the most relevant environmental regulation to my past employer. Public law, particularly Section C, provides a proper framework for regulating how both hazardous and non-hazardous waste is managed from the point it is generated to the point of disposal (Environmental Protection Agency...
Introduction By definition, a tornado is an intense wind in a rapid rotational motion, which forms a funnel-shaped column. Tornadoes are weather events that occur as a storm and are believed to be the most violent (Amezquita, Valtierra & Adeli, 2017). They are the most hazardous natural disasters causing significant...