Essays on Ecology Page 25

Background Because of the rapid changes in the environment, there is a dire need to promote order and sanitation starting with our own community. The area selected is an area that must be weeded and planted with low growing plants to avoid the threat of harmful animals, dumping of waste that causes flooding in the…

¨Environmental activist and marine wildlife conservation¨ I choose this quote because I felt that people have evolved over time along with plastic water bottles without thinking about what the outcome was going to be. Over the years we’ve had a mass production of plastic water bottle and how its been so easy to access them…

Introduction “There is no such thing as ‘away’. When we throw anything away it must go somewhere.” says environmentalist Annie Leonard. What happens to waste when one throws it out? Some of the natural trash biodegrades, the other is not that simple. Unnatural materials, such as plastic, take years to biodegrade, and by the rate…

How do we know if the water is not contaminated with dangerous toxins? In the 1970’s the United States passed an amendment to the Federal Water Pollution Act that Drastically changed our lakes, ponds, rivers creeks, and our oceans.The Clean Water Act created basic regulations for putting pollutants in bodys of water whether it was…

Plastic is an amazing invention around the world, it is light, cheap, and convenient. Nowadays, it can be used in most areas in our daily life. However, sometimes it is not good for us. How many plastic products we use every year, how much we produce, how much we waste and how dangerous these will…

Marine Debris Marine debris, specifically in the plastic form, has been found in every ocean basin and have a wide range of impacts on the marine world. One of the most critical issues is ingestion of plastic debris, specifically microplastics. Mesopelagic species migrate to the surface waters to feast on their main prey species, Zooplankton,…

In the past few years, we, the people, have been talking more and more about the environmental issues we are facing, as well as climate change. Some have taken action to combat these issues, such as reducing the amount of energy and polluting products they use, reusing certain products to lessen waste, and recycling materials…

Our extent use of plastic is rapidly rising to become one earth’s biggest concerns. Because plastic has always been so cheap and convenient, we have come to a point where this magical piece of technology has invaded our world with more plastic than we can imagine. As we continue to grow as a population, so…

There are advantages and disadvantages of having a factory near or within the urbanize city. The important thing is you have to weigh the advantages and disadvantages of having such factory in the city or a place where there are lot of people live. Having a factory near the place is good for the people…

Every year 14 billion pounds of waste is dumped into the ocean (Amaral para. 7). For instance the 206 million pounds of hazardous toxins is dumped into U.S. waterways every year (Breslin para. 1). This is one of the biggest problems we have today, not just in the US but all over the world. Mainly…