Environment Articles

Environment | By Katie Kelley @ Friday, 8th August 2008 @ 8:30 AM

There is nothing more basic and integral to survival than water and sustenance. For this reason, the pollution of the sources of these items is of serious importance. Unfortunately, as more unnatural and harmful material is used in production, individuals stand an ever-increasing risk of endangerment through direct and indirect consumption of contaminated soil and water. There are many organizations, which have the authorization to assist in protections. The Environmental Protection Agen... more...

Environment | By Katie Kelley @ Friday, 8th August 2008 @ 8:27 AM

Soil contamination is the diffusion of hazardous material throughout soil. The material can be either solid or liquid and usually bonds with the soil in which it is mixed. Contaminants do not have to be directly deposited in the soil to negatively affect it; for example, many airborne toxic molecules can settle in soil. Soil contamination may also occur as a peripheral effect of ground water contamination, aggravated by flooding or improper waste water disposal. Plants, animals, and huma... more...

Environment | By Rachel Yoshida @ Thursday, 7th August 2008 @ 6:15 AM

No one is ever truly prepared for the aftermath of a natural disaster flood that damages their home. It can literally look like a river has made a new path right through your house and left many calling cards behind. There can be broken windows, doors broken down, all kinds of trash, limbs, leaves, mud, and no telling what else. There could even be snakes and rodents that have taken up residence. Your personal belongings have been ruined almost beyond recognition and you wonder whether you will ... more...

Environment | By Rachel Yoshida @ Thursday, 7th August 2008 @ 5:56 AM

People in eras gone by always used to collect rainwater for times when there was a dry spell and their normal sources of water would get low or run out. They would use wooden buckets or barrels. In dry months streams and wells could often run dry and without a store nearby to go to buy a few gallons, catching rainwater was an essential part of survival in many places. Today many people are beginning to make a practice of collecting and using the water that Mother Nature supplies us for fr... more...

Environment | By Rachel Yoshida @ Thursday, 7th August 2008 @ 5:28 AM

For a certainty there are some people who really enjoy driving in the rain. For the vast majority of us, quite the opposite is true. Driving during heavy rain can be a dangerous time to be on the road with other drivers especially during rush hour traffic in a crowded place. Driving in rainstorms is when it is essential that you have windshield wipers in good condition and tires that are in really good shape. Water on the roadways can be so hazardous when it rains long enough for it to be... more...

Environment | By Rachel Yoshida @ Sunday, 3rd August 2008 @ 8:21 PM

Nothing can quite compare to the fury of Mother Nature when it comes to destruction. All through out time natural destruction has taken place either in the form of earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, and fires. The best we can do when Mother Nature rears her ugly side is to do the best we can to stay out of her way and be prepared. Of course there are times when no amount of preparation will be of any help. In recent years the numbers of natural disasters of one kind or another ha... more...

Environment | By Rachel Yoshida @ Sunday, 3rd August 2008 @ 8:14 PM

We have dams created to help us provide water to areas that need it and to hold water back from certain places that do not. These dams which are all over the country are relatively safe and provide a much needed service. It is only when the dams are allowed to become unstable that there is a potential risk of great damage to the areas that they are close to. Many of the old dams that hold back water around the country have been in place for many years. The costs for repairing these older ... more...

Environment | By Rachel Yoshida @ Sunday, 3rd August 2008 @ 7:52 PM

Generally after we put our trash out beside the curb so it can be picked up by a sanitation truck, we usually will not give it another thought. In the past, our trash bags were usually filled with everything that we have thrown out for the past few days, even the things that could easily be separated for recycling. There are more of us today that will take the time to separate plastic, paper, glass, metals, and toxic trash into separate containers so they can be recycled and put where th... more...

Environment | By Rachel Yoshida @ Sunday, 3rd August 2008 @ 7:45 PM

When it comes to water, we can not live without it. Then again, in some instances we can not live with it. Water is one of the most powerful forces on our planet and containing it is almost impossible and in some instances it is impossible. We can build damns, levees, and reservoirs to hold it in place for a time to be able to use it as we see fit, but even this is not a sure thing. One miscalculation and we can lose the tenuous control that we think we have over it. Controlling this natu... more...

Environment | By Matthew Smith @ Thursday, 31st July 2008 @ 12:02 PM

Being green is seen with increasing importance recently. In the last few years people are doing more and more to recycle and purchase environmentally friendly products. There is however always more that can be done and some things are so simple and easy that you will wonder why you never did this before. The one thing better than recycling is to remove the need for the product entirely. For example, at work, it is better to use your own cup from home everyday, rather than recycle the pape... more...

Environment | By MIKE SELVON @ Thursday, 24th July 2008 @ 11:43 PM

When you think about consumer electronics, you may think of equipment you use every day; like televisions, mobile phones and personal computers. What you may not even consider is that each year, the United States alone generates almost 3 million tons of commodity and electronic waste (or e-waste) through the disposal of damaged, defective and obsolete devices, such as that cordless phone that quit working for you or those mobile phones you threw away because you wanted the latest models. Let... more...

Environment | By Paul Fitzgerald @ Thursday, 24th July 2008 @ 10:05 PM

You can't have failed to notice the rising gas prices. Even if you haven't got a car you'll have had your ear chewed off by all the people you get rides from about how expensive it is to run a car. "These things don't run on water, you know!" they say. But they're wrong! These days, technological advances mean that is perfectly possible to do just that - run your car on water! And it's not that difficult. Just a quart of water provide... more...

Environment | By Victor Epand @ Wednesday, 23rd July 2008 @ 3:19 PM

Magazines on environment education have content put together by environment journalists who collect, verify, produce, distribute and exhibit related and dedicated information. The need to access information on the latest events in global awareness towards the damage caused to the environment, has increased tremendously. Dedicated magazines on environment education offer readers information about current events and awareness workshops, trends, issues and personalities associated with the non-huma... more...

Environment | By Alisha Dhamani @ Tuesday, 22nd July 2008 @ 2:34 PM

Climate determines how fast or slowly rocks will erode. Climatic conditions control the rate of weathering that takes place by regulating the catalysts of moisture and temperature. Experimentation has discovered that tropical weathering rates, where temperature and moisture are at their maximum, are three and a half times higher than rates in temperate environments. Climate was warm, and a carbonate bank flourished in the NYC area. Continental rims, when they are stretched to thei... more...

Environment | By Kadence Buchanan @ Tuesday, 22nd July 2008 @ 12:46 PM

Plastics products are ubiquitous throughout the world. As dependency upon these light weight and durable products increased, so too has the need for global innovation in recycling technologies. Over the decades recycling companies developed a variety of processes to turn discarded plastics into hundreds of products from paint brushes to rugs and pillows, boat hulls and railroad ties. Calling the Consumer The greatest challenge to recycling manufacturers is educating and engaging the pu... more...

Environment | By Steve Hanson @ Tuesday, 22nd July 2008 @ 12:12 PM

Making improvements to your lighting is one of the fastest ways to cut your energy bills. An average household dedicates 11% of its energy budget to lighting. Using new lighting technologies can reduce lighting energy use in your home by 50% to 75%. Advances in lighting controls offer further energy savings by reducing the amount of time lights are on but not being used. Indoor Lighting Use tube fluorescent and energy efficient compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) in fixtures througho... more...

Environment | By Steve Hanson @ Tuesday, 22nd July 2008 @ 12:10 PM

Saving energy helps the environment because most energy sources, such as coal and natural gas are non-renewable. This means that once used, they are gone forever. Additionally, most forms of energy cause pollution that can be a source of greenhouse gases leading to climate change. A simple explanation of how fluorescent bulbs work will illustrate 5 examples of how using fluorescent bulbs will help us save energy and the environment. How Fluorescent Light Bulbs Work Fluoresc... more...

Environment | By Rachel Yoshida @ Monday, 21st July 2008 @ 5:38 PM

Unless you happen to be one of the residents of many of the small towns along the Mississippi river that was flooded drastically in the past few months, it might be impossible to truly understand the scope of the damage that was incurred. These people had their whole lives literally brought to a stand still when so many smaller levees were breeched because they were simply unable to hold back the overflow of the river. The largest cities along the mighty Mississippi were largely spared fr... more...

Environment | By Roger Munns @ Sunday, 20th July 2008 @ 8:45 AM

Tenerife, a Canary Island off the coast of Africa, is paving the path of using alternative energy sources in the future. Global warming is having an impact on the world now and it is only expected to worsen. Fuel prices are soaring, and that is causing the price of everything to go up. In an effort to go green, a new Tenerife action group, Asociacion de Transicion, is finding alternative forms of energy to combat the rising costs of fuel and food. Renewable Energy: The Cur... more...

Environment | By Catherine Harvey @ Saturday, 19th July 2008 @ 11:56 PM

You don't have to go that far back in time to come across a time when local grocer's shops would package everything up in brown paper bags for us to take home. Shopping was a pleasure that came with a personal touch. We weren't inundated with a plethora of plastic bags, plastic and polystyrene packaging and reams of cling film with no environmentally friendly way of disposing of them. Even people did become slightly more aware of environmental concerns it was then decided we shoul... more...