Erosion Research Papers Samples For Students

Introduction

Narragansett Bay is an important resource for tourism, recreation, fishing, manufacturing, maritime transportation, shipbuilding, and defense (Oakley et al. 2012). It is a micro-tidal estuary located in the eastern Rhode Island and the southeastern Massachusetts. Over the years, erosion has been prevalent, as depicted by a sudden, dramatic change in the shape of the beaches. Much of this erosion is attributed to human activities. In fact, People are directly responsible for the erosion problems. Instead of protecting the beaches, people have engaged in various activities that continue to degrade the beaches (Oakley et al. 2012). Such activities include constructing buildings near ...

Introduction

Human activity on the natural resources causes threats to the land sustainability either directly or indirectly. This paper examines soil erosion, genetically modified grains and overpopulation as the main threats to land sustainability.

Soil erosion and how it impacts the global food supply

Soil erosion is the washing away of the earth’s topsoil by agents such as wind and rainwater, and it occurs mainly due to human activities. Agriculture is the primary cause of soil erosion. When people clear natural vegetation to create framing fields, the topsoil is exposed to erosion agents such as the wind. Deforestation is also a leading contributor of soil erosion. As people cut ...

Practices that expose soil to erosion and how they can be corrected

Introduction

Soil erosion is a very big problem to human beings because it has detrimental effects on the life of human beings. There are many causes of soil erosion; some are natural causes while some are induced by the activities of human beings on the earth’s surface. Examples of human practices that result in soil erosion are overgrazing, over-cultivation and deforestation.

Over-cultivation

Over-cultivation is the excessive use of land for growing agricultural products. Excessive use of land makes the soil surface lose hence; soil can be easily eroded through wind or water erosion. This is common in raised areas where ...

Introduction

Environmental Effects
Many have wondered what will happen when all of the tress in the world are gone. At the rate of deforestation generations soon to come will suffer the consequences of not having any trees due to deforestation today. Throughout this paper many details will be made evident as to who and what is effected by deforestation such as indigenous people as well as environment effects and climate change and what kind of damage is done to many different ecosystems and our planet as a whole but also what we can to do solve these issues. When digging ...

The National Park is located in the Montezuma County of Colorado in the United States. This park is the largest and elemental archaeological preserve in the country. It was developed in 1906 by the then president to preserve the existent cliff dwellings. These cliff dwellings are among the park’s most and best preserved attractions. The park occupies around 81.4 square miles close to the Four Corners and has numerous ruins of villages and homes built by the Anasazi people, also known as the Ancient Pueblo people. The park features more than 600 cliff dwellings and has more than ...

Rabbits have been the worst invasive species that have been reported in Australia. They have widely spread in Australia leading to a massive destruction of the Australian environment. Rabbits have caused devastating effects on the ecosystem since they are believed to be the main factor in species loss in Australia. They have caused a lot of damages on crops and also destroyed and killed young trees and plants. In addition, rabbits cause serious problems on soil making it unproductive. Rabbits feed on native plants leaving the top soil bare and exposed making the land vulnerable to soil erosion. Rabbits have contributed ...

Area of study

Kamiak Butte located in Whiteman County, Washington which is between Pullman and Palouse. It is an area in Eastern Washington near the border of Idaho. Kamiak Butte was named after the Chief Kamiakin of the Yakame tribe. It is the largest city in Lewis County though it also extends a small distance into Idaho. The area stands like an island occurring in the rolling wheat fields of the Palouse country. Kamiak Butte can be described as a physical island of rock which is above the fertile soils of Palouse.
Figure 1: A Photo showing Kamiak Butte and Palouse Hills ( ...

Figure 1 Manufacturing steps involved in EDM 4
Figure 2 Classification for main research areas in EDM. 6
Figure 3 Sequence of first, second and third generation of 3D Printing . 7
Figure 4 Different processes of 3D Printing. 8
Figure 5 3D Printing of Prototype car 9
Figure 6 New Development and design of reticle Assembly 11
Figure 7 Comparison between cost of assembly & manufacturing . 12

Alternative Manufacturing Processes

FOREWORDS
Manufacturing processes are vital for both developed and developing countries of the world. Developed economies depend heavily on manufacturing industries for their revenues and, as a ...

Following the American Psychological Association’s Guidelines

Hygiene is often something we consider when examining different cultures around the world. We often wonder what cleaning rituals different people have, and how they define the word, “cleanliness” themselves. Something we sometimes overlook, however, is dental hygiene when we are examining cleanliness. Specifically, we overlook how dental hygiene differs in care and cultural beliefs between two different groups. Take, for example, the people of Saudi Arabia, and the African American communities of the United States. Some of their oral hygiene practices are the same, due to poverty, or education. Others are different due to cultural and religious beliefs. ...

Every planet in the solar system has its special features, which make them unique in comparison to other planets. For example, Mars is famous for iron compounds; Saturn is famous for its rings etc.
Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is the sixth largest planet in the solar system. The orbit of the planet is the most circular among others (Nineplanets.org). This means that the orbit of the planet resembles a circle and not an ellipsis like Earth’s one. Many scientists call Venus the Earth’s sister planet because both of them have many similar ...

Deforestation is the act of clearing the greenery and vegetation on Earth on a large scale. It occurs when trees and entire forests are cut down and cleared away for various purposes. This brings a lot of damage to the Earth’s surface, simultaneously creating environmental problems as well. Forests account for 30% of the Earth’s land, and they are an asset to the world’s ecosystem, however, much of this area is cleared away and vacated by mankind to serve their purposes. Although deforestation is done for needs such as housing, residence, mining, shopping and other means, ...

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1. Analysis of findings

Research Question- Why is it a problem if the earth’s average temperature gets a little warmer?

1.1 Results
The average rising temperature can have vast impacts only by slight increase. The vast impact the average temperature can have can be shown with the average temperature in the last ice age, when the average temperatures were only around 5 degrees Celsius lower than today’s average temperatures. From the Figure 1 it is seen that the global average temperature, which combines the surface and ocean temperature have been on the rise and have reached the highest levels in the ...

Carlsbad Cavern National Park 2

General Information 2
Geology 4
Climate 8
Wildlife and Biodiversity 9
Environmental Issues and Concerns 10
A Day in the Park 10
The 8th wonder of the earth Carlsbad Cavern lies in the heart of the United States of America in New Mexico. The park has an approximate of 118 caves and attracts an estimated number of 500,000 tourists yearly. It lies in the underground world and provides an amazing scenery to any tourist who visits the park. It offers vast subterranean chambers, incredible cave formations, and unique features. Touring the park will require some walking, crawling and ...

Introduction

Water pollution is a term that refers to the contamination of water in water bodies. These water bodies include the oceans, lakes, rivers, aquifers, and groundwater. Ideally, water pollution occurs when pollutants are discharged in a direct or indirect way into the water bodies without appropriate measures of treatment to eradicate them (Goel 14). Some of these pollutants are categorized as chemicals, as well as, other foreign substances that are deemed to be detrimental to the general plant, animal and human health. Precisely, some of these substances include fertilizers, pesticides that are evolved from the runoffs in the agricultural field and ...

Healthcare

Background
While the right to life, happiness and the pursuit of liberty are enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, the concept of a ‘right to health’ has proven evocative and also divisive in the national discourse over the past three centuries. A mix of pragmatism, opportunism and pressure from special action groups has dogged the issue.
A yellow fever epidemic in 1793 forced the American government to evacuate from Philadelphia. In response, George Washington came up with the first federal health law, proposing powers for the Executive to convene the government outside the capital in the event of ...

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION

Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR), the ecosystem under study, is situated in the foothills of the Himalayas i.e. the Shiwalik range and falls within Nainital and Pauri Garhwal districts of the state of Uttarakhand. Corbett National Park (CNP), 520.82 km2, and 301.18 km2 of adjoining Sonanadi Wildlife Sanctuary along with 466.32 sq.km of buffer zone together forms 1288.32 km2 of the tiger reserve (Barthari 12). CTR lies between 290 25’ N to 290 40’ N latitudes and 78 05’E to 790 5’E longitudes (see Fig. 1).
Figure 1: Location map of Corbett Tiger Reserve.

CLIMATE

The climate of ...

Water Supplies in Sun Valley, AZ

Sun Valley is located in Arizona. It is situated along interstate 40. It is 31.56 square miles. Sun Valley has different water supply options. Some of these options are groundwater, surface water and reclaimed water. Groundwater is water found beneath the ground. They are usually in rocks and pores of the soil. Sun Valley is supplied by Arizona’s water supply. Groundwaters that supply Sun Valley are aquifers and wells. Main aquifers in Arizona are stream alluvial and basins fill. Ground water can also be sourced from sedimentary rock. Basin Fills are of three type’s namely carefree formation, ...

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- Soil Nature
The nature of soil in 1000 Davis Ferry Road, Bowling Green, KY USA is further fully described in the first section of this paper. The typical soil in the farm is Baxter soil that is typical to this area of work. The surface layer of the farm soil upto about 8 inches on the surface is brown, gravely, silt loam soil. The further subsoil between 8 inches to about 15 inches is ...

How Fossil Fuels Shaped America and Its Environment

Since the beginning of the industrial revolution in the United States in mid 18th century, large amounts of fossil fuels were used to provide energy to the industries in the economy and ultimately influenced the wealth of numerous individuals in America. During the American industrial revolutions, fossil fuels were the ideal source of energy that drove the rapid growth of industries in America. Steam locomotives, that were the archetypal machine invention of the industrial revolution, utilized coal energy for the lack of sustainability while using charcoal and firewood energy. Since the beginnings of the industrialization in 19th century, petroleum ...

The Dust Bowl period that occurred around the drought years of the 1930s in the Great Plains of the United States was an important period in the agricultural history of the West as it caused a lot of implications especially in the agricultural sector and the ways of farming. Viewed from a climatic perspective, the drought experienced during this period is usually considered to have been the worst in the areas around the Great Plains and had serious economic, social and environmental effects of the agricultural aspect of the affected areas. This drought of 1930s is deemed one of the worst ...

Give specific examples of at least two production and two consumption habits humans have related to material resources

There are various activities that human beings undertake in an effort to expand the commercial and domestic production and consumption processes and these activities are likely to cause adverse impacts on the sustainability of the indigenous flora and fauna. The most known production process that has impacted the environment negatively is the increased activities in the manufacturing industries. These industries emit hazardous gases such as sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and chlorofluorocarbon gases as well as the waste products such as dirty water and unnecessary end products. If these harmful gases are not carefully managed, they end up polluting the ...

Gastro esophageal reflux disease is a digestive disorder that has effects on the lower esophageal sphincter, which is the ring that is found between the stomach and esophagus (Mayo Clinic, 2016). The contents of the stomach get backed up in the esophagus. This condition is experienced especially when the lower esophagus sphincter becomes weak hence allowing the contents of the stomach to flow back into the esophagus (Doig & Huether, 2014). This disorder is known to cause heartburn to pregnant women. GERD has proved to be the most common outpatient gastroenterological diagnosis witnessed in the United States. The prevalence rate ...

Introduction

Energy drinks contain high levels of sugar and little nutritional value just like soft drinks. For instance, every 250 ml can of Red Bull drink comprises of approximately five teaspoons of sugar. The most significant difference that exists between energy drinks and soft drinks is the substantial amount of doses of caffeine contained in energy drinks. Every 500 ml of every energy drink has around 160-300mg of caffeine. This is too high because a cup of tea contains 20-60mg of caffeine while a cup of coffee contains 40-80mg of caffeine. A tablet of No-Dose contains 100mg of caffeine. It ...

ABSTRACT

Research studies of safety risk and often focus on learning from disaster. However, learning can also occur from considering risk management practices within organizations in which accidents have occurred. In the UK, cases such as National Grid Company demonstrate integrated management of safety and financial risk. The paper emphasizes on potential strengths, weakness, and present research study from different authors. The article then provides a recommendation that will assist future disaster risks in a move that was seen as addressing a national security concern rather than one of the public safety; the article focuses on several financial and organizational ...

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Introduction

The lifespan of an aircraft ranges to thirty years enhancing the opportunities for their maintenance. In an aircraft maintenance of propellers is of utmost importance. Propellers manufacturers usually specify the time of propeller inspection. A regular daily inspection depends upon the type of the propeller. The inspection of the propellers varies a visual inspection to a more thorough checkup. The inspection must be meticulous and professional. The visual checks must include spinners, blades, weld and braze sections of the blade, dome shell and hubs of any evidence ...

Natural Hazards: Droughts

Drought is a period recorded with less rainfall for a specific region compared to its past rainfall data, which might affect surface water flow, groundwater reserve, crop production and food availability. Impacts of a dry spell vary based on its duration as well as local people’s demand for food and water (National Drought Mitigation Center [NDMC], 2016). If the proportion of vulnerable population exposed to drought conditions were higher, then the impact of drought would also be high even if it lasted only for a short duration. In spite of being a natural hazard, the risk of its ...

Introduction

Industrial agriculture is a modern form of farming that incorporates industrialized production of crops, livestock, fish and poultry. Western countries have been on the fore front of practicing industrialized agriculture to feed its population. The methods of industrial agriculture are political, techno scientific and economic. The practices include innovation in agricultural machinery and farming methods, the creation of new markets for consumption, techniques for achieving economies of scale in production, the application for patent protection to genetic information, and lastly the global trade. Industrial agriculture is practiced by more developed nation because of their vast knowledge of technological know-how. ...

I love to travel to different places, and Florida is a city that catches my attention in no time. The town boasts beautiful theme parks, including Universal Studios, top-notch malls, shopping centers, and exotic wildlife, but its beaches capture my heart. Relaxing waters, stunning sunrises and sunsets, and positive vibrations force me to spend time on these beaches again and again. However, it is unfortunate that global warming and changing climatic patterns are causing a grave threat to beaches, shore communities, and surrounding areas. Life has already been altered in many places, and a vast population has been rehabilitated owing to destructive ...

Introduction

Pollution of the environment is one of the oldest problems in the history of civilization. Man has long been considered the environment primarily as a source of resources, seeking to achieve independence from it, to improve the conditions of its existence. While population and the scale of production was small, and very extensive natural spaces, to achieve the goals we were willing to sacrifice some of the untouched nature, exactly as some degree of purity and water. This process in our relatively closed, not unlimited world cannot continue indefinitely. For example, it is estimated that each year for every person ...

Currently, the geological time scale is divided into three kinds of geological units: rock, time rock and time units. The rock units describe the physical (lithologic) characteristics of the rocks while the time units refer only to the passage of time. In line with this, the Cenozoic era refers to the time between 65 million years ago and today. It refers to the rocks that were deposited during the last 65 million years, and these rocks may have been altered during breaks in this record. These alterations could be caused by erosion, nondeposition or even nonrecognition and are largely ...

Global scenario and California

Global scenario and California
Water is a precious nonrenewable resource. It is limited in quantity and serves the entire humanity, and all living beings on earth. A man can survive without water for only three days. Many problems on earth are attributed to increasing population and water scarcity is one of them. The exponential growth of the human population not only endangers other living things on earth but also deprives them of essential requirements like clean water, clean air, and a safe habitat to live. Water as a resource is under threat because it is contaminated, misused, wasted, and lost in ...

Water is a precious resource. A man may survive not more than three days without water. All living beings, vegetation, and humans thrive in places where there is abundance of water. Until recently, people assumed that water had been an unending resource. In the present time water shortages, frequent droughts, global climatic changes forcing irregular seasons and rains are forcing us to reconsider our misnomers about water. In developing nations, the daily water requirement of the poor are not met while in developed nations water shortages are hindering industrial activities and farmlands. This paper tries to look at the water ...

Human Impacts on Salt Marshlands

Salt Marshes
Although less regarded by the public as an important ecosystem, salt marshes are among the most fertile and abundant coastal habitats on earth. According to Bromberg Gedan, Silliman, and Bertness from Brown University and University of Florida, Gainesville (2009), salt marshes provide more ecosystem services (anthropogenic benefits from nature) to coastal populations than other ecosystems. These intertidal habitats are composed of salt-tolerant grasses, herbs, and low shrubs, in great depths, and serve many functional dynamics. Salt marshes are located in a range of climates, from arctic and subtropical regions, and are always found along global coastlines. The ...

Discussing the Great Sphinx of Egypt

ABSTRACT
The Sphinx is one of the most famous images of the Ancient World. However, despite its immense, stone image, the Sphinx has and remains a great mystery to layman and experts from many different fields. There is continuing research hoping to determine the true origins, age, image, and purpose of the Sphinx. It is likely much older than previously thought and therefore not built when it had traditionally thought to have built. There are theories that work to explain the Sphinx. However, the only thing that we can be absolutely certain of is that the Sphinx is a fantastical ...

INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSES OF LOW AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND PRODUCTIVITY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

The sector of agriculture plays a key part in the economy of developing nations since their economy is mostly based on subsistence farming. The economies depend on agriculture in terms of employment, GDP, and income. Therefore, the growth of these economies relies mostly on the success of the agricultural sector. Majority of the farmers still use the outdated farming methods leading to low and poor productivity. The market for the produce is not guaranteed thus the farmers do not find any motivation to do large-scale farming. The climatic changes have affected the agricultural sector in developed countries leading to low ...

Dust Bowl in the Great Plains

ABSTRACT
The nineteen thirties was the time of great tragedy and crisis in America. Together with the recession that hit its economic fields, an ecological and agricultural problem came next as drought brought the Dust Bowl. It was caused by environmental changes and man-made land degradation. The effects of the Dust Bowl added to the recession and downfall of the American economy, but have resulted to the development of technologies that helped agriculture. It was a remarkable moment for the west as it moulded what it is and where it is in the map of the world today.

INTRODUCTION

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Being a concerned individual to our Mother Earth, one thing that I found to be the most interesting topic is about deforestation. Deforestation is one of the major impacts on the water cycle in local and global climates change. The long-term or permanent loss of forest covers when trees are removed to clear land for another use. The removal of trees in an area affects the weather in another area; if trees are cut down, less water evaporates in the atmosphere and less rain, as well. The functions of the trees are to absorb carbon emissions and greenhouse gases. It ...

1. Introduction
The low water crossing involves the construction of bridge when the water level is low. Once the water level increases it increases beyond the point and overflows in the bridge. This system is cheaper than the other formats. The low water crossing allows the vehicle to cross freely in the wet road. There are some constrains for getting permit to construct low water crossing. The term low water crossing means the surface is usually dry and the ford means the surface is usually wet. Culverts help in construction of cost effective water level crossing. The accurate ...

As it is well known, agriculture serves a huge role in sustaining the growth and reducing poverty in developing countries. It is important in the Sub-Saharan Africa as it's about two-thirds of the population rely on it for employment and food. The sector of agriculture has been termed as the backbone of developing countries as it contributes to the GDP where employment and income are generated to bring growth and development (Phillip, 2011). Over the years, agricultural productivity has received much attention through strategies that aim at resolving the problem issues of low production. It has become evident that more ...

Deforestation is defined as the act of chopping down trees as well as clearing forests without planting others in their place (Debra 1). People cut down trees for different reasons. The increase in population worldwide has escalated cutting down of trees due to the increase in the demand for land for people to build houses to live in and also to obtain land for farming of both subsistence and cash crops, both by individuals and governments. People, particularly those living in rural areas where they cannot access electricity as well as gas, resort to cutting down trees for firewood, ...

Introduction

Television is undoubtedly the cheapest form of entertainment. It plays a huge role in our lives in terms of education, information and entertainment. In spite of the positive impact television brings, it has its down side as well. Hundreds of scientific research have pointed out that there exists a strong link between real-life violence and media violence, especially in children. However, the entertainment industry has distanced itself from such findings probably because they do not want to tarnish their image. The children tend to normalize the violence they view on television and try to apply it to solve challenges they face in ...

Introduction

Different authors define globalization in various ways. Nonetheless, globalization can be basically defined as the change process that seeks to transform local transactions into worldwide transactions. , asserts that globalization depends on three main forces. These include integration of financial markets, human migration, and international trade which is characterized by flow of capital. Further, there are three aspects of globalization which include markets, production, and finance. In regard to markets, goods and services offered by one company can be found all over the world. For instance, goods produced by Apple Inc. And Samsung can be found all over the world. ...

Introduction

Throughout the life of a human being on earth, there is an interaction between each individual and the environment. Each one of us during his lifetime leaves a mark on the globe. There is a variety of ways of how human beings can interact with the Earth. These ways may be of a positive or a negative effect depending on their overall outcome (Paul et al 2011). Therefore, Human footprint can be defined as the measure of human impact on the environment.

How Human Footprint Affects the World Ecology

Following social and economic development, human beings end up consuming very large numbers of a wide range of natural resources from the Ecological ...

Management Memorandum

The main purpose of this memo is to clarify on some issues based on the LIFO inventory management of stock. Over the recent past, it has been noted with a lot of concern that the cost of managing the stock has been tremendously increasing. As a result, some of the existing policies have been modified to rectify the situation while other new policies have been put in place to enable a smooth flow of inventories with no major cost challenges. Increasing stock costs has resulted into the firm incurring increasing losses due to increased costs.
After a comparative study of the stock ...

Introduction

Arguably, a SWOT analysis assesses and identifies weaknesses, strengths, opportunities and well as thereat an organization faces. As a matter of fact, a AWOT analysis on a pharmaceutical company point up to the management and the stakeholders what the company needs to improve. What is excelling in, preemptive measures to be undertaken, as well as the possible opportunities that will enhance growth. These aspects are aimed at protecting the value and assessment of the company and the stakeholders. A good fit for a pharmaceutical company and any other company are to maximize the opportunities and strengths, and on the other hand, minimize its threats ...

The use of off-road vehicles is associated with roads and tracks which frequently involves driving across untracked areas where there are no roads, as in the case of viewing animals in savanna environment or beach driving. Off-road vehicles allow people to penetrate remoter areas or sites which many other people cannot access. This creates potential for camping impacts, wildlife disturbance and pollution to occur at more remote and relatively unused sites. The use of off-road vehicles has been found to impact on soils, vegetation, wild-life and social conditions. This leads to the degradation of the environment which destroys and ...

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PetSmart Inc.’s Business-level strategies are somewhat similar to its corporate-strategies as they focus on the overall level of organizational performance. Distinct from its general corporate-level strategy, they have particular emphasis focus on certain ends instead of a vast category of businesses. PetSmart Inc.’s business units are in most cases individual enterprise-like enterprises which are oriented towards the industry, it product or service type and its market (Kozami, 2002). The business-level strategies in this case are primarily concerned with the management of unit activities in order to have them conform to the overall organizational corporate level strategies. This will ...

Juvenile Rights

The juvenile system is significantly responsible for processing and treating various cases of youthful misbehaviour. The system has developed into an analogous yet independent system of justice with its own nomenclature and regulation of procedure (Goldstein, Condie, Kalbeitzer, Osman & Geier, 2003). Apparently, there are a plethora of similarities and notable differences between the adult and juvenile justice systems (Goldstein et al., 2003). The illustrious difference between the juvenile and adult justice processes are largely symbolic and terminological, and most states do not have specific statutory provisions distinguishing the arrest processes for children from that of adults (Goldstein et al., 2003). ...

Part I: Introduction: In this research paper I will be comparing and contrasting the two memos “The challenger” by Roger Boisjoly and the “Three Mile Island” written by D.F. Hallman. D.F. Hallman wrote this memo in the year nineteen seventy eight at a time when he was “the manager of the Plant Performance Services” (Three Mile Island p.3). He was replying to a previous Memorandum which had been written earlier by Dunn. In this memo, Hallman was reiterating that proper expected procedures due to the demerits as a result of changes in piping not forgetting the coolant process. “Roger Boisjoly wrote “The ...

The development of Christianity in Japan, Korea and China

Introduction

Historically, the development of Christianity dates back to the birth of Jesus in the year 6 BC. As such, Christians purpose to live their lives according to the teachings of Jesus, whom they believe as the exclusive maker of heaven and earth (and its beings). Undoubtedly, many Christian believers value the life and teachings of Jesus, particularly the miracles he performed during his tenure on earth. Arguably, the greatest pillar behind Christianity is Jesus prophesies of his death and resurrection, which happened. Deductively, the mystery behind the demise and resurrection of Jesus is the main reason as to ...

The word research can have many connotations and interpretations. Just reading a book, which states some facts, can be a kind of research also. It varies from subject to subject and is based on the objective of the researcher. In a broad sense any kind of work involved with collecting data or gathering information to gain more perspective on any given subject can be classified as research. When we focus only in the aspect of scientific research, Shuttleworth (2008) offers the definition of scientific research as, “ performing a methodical study in order to prove a hypothesis or answer a specific question” (para. 3). He further ...

Abstract

Global warming remains by far the biggest challenge humans have faced in this century. It affects the entire planet although not the entire plane is to be blamed for it. The emission of greenhouse gases and particularly carbon dioxide has been at all-time peak in this century especially the last half of the century. Studies show that the current concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is about 385 ppm, up from 285 ppm prior to industrialization. This has sparked an unstoppable change in the climate patterns in the world. The changes are mostly with regard to the precipitation ...