Veterinary Sustainability: The Dream of Working in the Profession and Its Environmental Impact The veterinary field is full of challenges when it comes to success in the profession. As many people are becoming more aware of the environment and the impact that humans have in destroying Earth, small businesses such as veterinary hospitals work to utilize sustainable efforts not only for the purpose of saving money, but also to assist in maintaining the health of the animals and their owners.…
The fact is “if we respond to a global crisis caused by our pollution with more pollution … then geoengineering might do something far more dangerous than tame the last vestiges of ‘wild’ nature” (Klein 267). Geoengineering is not only reducing precipitation for food supply but also increasing the risk of epidemics. Say it as you will, geoengineering may not be the main solution to our problems. For example, while the Pinatubo effect might cool down the Earth’s global temperature, it will cause…
What Every Environmentalist Needs to Know About Capitalism by John Bellamy Foster and Fred Magdoff was published in June of 2011. Based on an article of the same name written by Foster and Magdoff and printed in the March 2010 edition of the socialist magazine Monthly Review, the book is described by its publisher “short, readable…manifesto for those environmentalists who reject schemes of ‘green capitalism’ or piecemeal reform.” The work argues that there is no ecological survival inside of…
Global warming, the increase of Earth’s atmospheric temperature, and climate change, the long-term change in Earth’s climate, are enormous, controversial topics in today’s world. One possible cause of these two happenings -- human activity. This worldwide issue needs to be researched and focused on by the people. The long hot temperatures, excessive weather, and other abnormalities may be effects of global warming and climate change. In addition, if humans are to blame, all should know more…
“I believe that humankind has looked at climate change in that same way: as if it were a fiction, happening to someone else's planet as if pretending that climate change wasn’t real would somehow make it go away.” This quote was said by Leonardo DiCaprio, he explained that many people act towards climate change like it’s something that many people don’t act upon because many can’t imagine this actually happening to them. Many people around the world have different preferences on what climate…
Boerner, Christopher and Thomas Lambert. “Environmental Injustice.” Public Interest, no. 118, Winter 1995, pp. 61-82. Christopher Boerner and Thomas Lambert in their article “Environmental Injustice” examine the injustices done to the minority communities in the United States concerning environmental pollution. The authors argue that minority communities face a lot of environmental racism, which has spurred concerns from civil rights movements. Advocates of environmental justice have been on…
his fear for Richard Parker and using his knowledge of animals to tame and train Richard Parker mentally to show him who is the boss. When Pi and Richard Parker are alone on the boat, Pi remembers his father's words about tigers. "I looked at him, full of fearful wonder ... I had to tame him. It was at that moment that I realized that necessity. It was not a question of him or me, but of him and me" (Martel 206). Even though Pi is very scared of Richard Parker since he is a tiger, he…
One of the most widely studied mitigation options for reducing concentration of CO2 in atmosphere involves injecting it into the ocean at great depths, where the gaseous CO2 reacts to form carbonic acid (H2CO3) as shown in equation (2.1). This equation shows various forms of CO2 as it is dissolved in the water (brine). Depending on the pH of the solution, either forms of CO2 may be observed (CO2 (aq), 〖"HCO" 〗_"3" ^"-" , 〖"CO" 〗_"3" ^"2-" ). There are two ways for storing CO2 in ocean, either…
“cloak” around the planet. There are 97 percent of climate scientists that agrees that people on Earth has changed its atmosphere in a considerable way over the past two centuries. The results of this is due to the greenhouse effect that causes global warming (Lallanila, 2015b). But what is the greenhouse effect? What is the greenhouse effect? Figure 1. The greenhouse effect. Available from: http://www.livescience.com/37743-greenhouse-effect.html Accessed on: 27 July 2015 The greenhouse effect…
If it is declared that humanity’s living space is under the threat, what comes to your mind initially? It is undeniable fact that there are lots of pre-exiting problems in the Earth and these are definitely immediate concerns for the continuation of life. When it is thought acutely for a while now, the first thing which has a significant influence on Earth is climate change. As it is asked you at the beginning of this essay, climate change affects humanity’s sustainability in a very serious way.…