Category: Climate Change

Dhaka is one of the oldest and fastest growing cities in the world. Due to rapid urbanization process, the city is emerging as a mega-city. During the last three decades, the average annual growth has been over seven percent which led to rapid expansion of Dhaka city both horizontally and vertically.  (Nahrin, 2008) Urbanization improves our material lives and comfort but brings many devastating consequences such as global warming, environment pollution climatic change and many more. As urbanization and industrialization is increasing day by day, it affects the global environment seriously. Unplanned and haphazard urbanization and industrialization is one the […]

Enoch Powell, (1912-1998), was a British politician and the formerSecretary of State for Health in the United Kingdom (UK). Enoch Powell oncesaid “All political lives, unless they are cut off in midstream at a happyjunction, end in failure, because that is the nature of politics and of humanaffairs” (The Economist). The powers, which presidents areentitled to, have limitations, and so depending on how well the President goesabout these powers and limitations, their Presidency can either end very badly,in failure, or very well, in success. Some of the President’s powers includebeing the head of the executive branch of government, the commander […]

The world we live in revolves around the culminationof various energy sources to operate the daily necessities of living, such asfood, shelter, electricity, transportation and much more.  The following paper will evaluate theconventional energy technologies used as well as alternative energy sources,and their impact on Earth.  Furthermore,the chemistry behind the functionality of the energy sources will be analyzed. One of the largest environment-impacting energysources used involves fossil fuel burning. Fossil fuels are hydrocarbons that are produced from the remains of deadanimals and plants.  Coal, fuel oil, andnatural gas are common examples of fossil fuels.  A hydrocarbon is an organic compound thatconsists […]

CHAPTER1INTRODUCTIONPlasticsare made of polymers, since starch is a natural polymers and it isbiodegradable, starch is very favorable raw material in plastic making. Plasticdoes not decompose easily in the environment, so we come up with an idea inmaking biodegradable plastic. Biodegradable plastic is a plastic that decomposenaturally in the environment that end up with a result of having less harmfulenvironment. In this study, the researcher would like to obtain biodegradableplastic derived from starch-based material. The cassava starch will be used tomake biodegradable plastic to reduce non-biodegradable plastics. This will helpsolve the concern in environmental problem, climate change, pollution problemthat plastics contribute […]

Using the E. coli RuBisCO assembly system, it may be possible to enhance the effectiveness of plant RuBisCo to increase crop yields. Simply increasing the total amount of plant RuBisCO would greatly impact total atmospheric CO2 fixation as well as plant growth. It has been calculated that even marginal increases in total enzyme quantity would have a substantial effect on total carbon fixation (Zhu et al., 2014).However, the most pronounced effects with be seen through selective mutagenesis, and the development of more efficient RuBisCo. This could be accomplished by site directed mutagenesis to increase RuBisCos affinity for CO2 and prevent […]

Life below water is one of the Sustainable DevelopmentGoals (SDGs) to make a better future for the world, oceans, and seas. This goalis to conserve and sustainably use the world oceans, seas, and marine resourcebecause oceans provide key natural resources including food, medicines,biofuels and other product. They help with the breakdown and removal of wasteand pollution, and their coastal ecosystem act as buffers to reduce damage fromstorms. Maintaining healthy oceans support climate change mitigation andadaption efforts. It’s also a great place for tourism and recreation. Evenmore, Marine Protected Areas contribute to poverty reduction by increasing fishcatches and income, and improving […]

1.   IntroductionInternational environmentallaw has been developed to be various disciplines which discuss severaldifferent issues specifically. Regimes have been devised to address specificglobal or regional environmental problems, such as particular sources and typesof trans-boundary pollution, rather than to promote trans-boundaryenvironmental governance in integrated manner.1 Asa consequence there is today an array of international environmental regimesbut a lack of coordination among them, and many regimes operate independently,and sometimes even inconsistently, in relation to each another.2The changing chemistry ofthe oceans as a result of the uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2) from theatmosphere, called ocean acidification, is one of several challenges inaddressing new environmental challenges […]

Title:Modelling climate change impacts on terrestrial ecosystems using Biome BGCmodel.  1.    Introduction:Carbon and nitrogencycles are tightly coupled with each other owing to the metabolic needs oforganisms (IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5),2013).Terrestrial ecosystems are an integralconstituent of the global carbon cycle (Crameret al. , 2001). The global carbon cycle is a series of reservoirs ofcarbon in the Earth system which are connected by changes in fluxes of carbon (IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), 2013). Thisstudy involves the use of Biome BGC model (Thornton, 2000) to examine thepossible impacts of climate change on the carbon and nitrogen cycling. It is acomputer model that […]

The Government and the Indonesia in Pancasila that is the precepts of “Just and Civilized Humanity” states that the Indonesian nation sees itself as a part of all mankind, because it is developed to respect and work together with other nations. Approval of the Paris Agreement demonstrates Indonesia’s commitment.In this phrase, the lesson that we can get is to be able to place unity, unity, and the interests and safety of the nation and state as a common interest over personal and group interests. Nevertheless, we also supposed to be able and willing to sacrifice for the benefit of the […]

             It is time for human beings to take action towards saving the earth from major environmental issues. If ignored today, these harmful effects are sure to curb human existence in the near future. The United States Federal Government should take steps towards environmental conservation and innovation.  Four relevant environmental issues, where human beings plays a major role in its cause are pollution, deforestation, overpopulation and, ozone layer depletion. Human beings and their actions are considerably responsible for causing all types of pollution. With population growing at a fast pace, the demand for food, shelter […]