Introduction The anthropogenic impact on the environment is often adverse, significant and stems from a multitude of actions and behaviours. Increasing global awareness of how humanity adversely impacts the environment has led to the implementation of many initiatives designed to reduce the scope and the magnitude of specific adverse impacts, an example of which is[…]
Introduction In multiple studies it is indicated that anthropogenically driven climate change is causing a reduction in the mass of ice sheets across the globe (Vizcaino et al., 2015). However, this does not equate to all ice sheets consistently loosing mass and the publication of some papers indicating an average gain in mass has resulted[…]
Introduction Global warming due to the release of greenhouse gases (GHG) from the combustion of fossil fuels and the resultant climate change is arguably the most well-known anthropogenic driving factor in this process (Cook et al., 2013). Whilst there are multiple GHG emissions of concern, carbon dioxide (CO2) is the primary emission driving anthropogenic climate[…]
INTRODUCTION It is no longer news that climate change and global warming is fast becoming a global phenomenon for concern and immediate attention (Corwin, 2021; Xi et al., 2021). The gradual warming of the planet is as a result of the earth’s heat radiation trapped within its atmosphere. According to Herndon (2020), this trapped heat[…]
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted in 2015 by all United Nations Member States to provide a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for the people and our planet. The agenda was an elaboration of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which aimed to reduce poverty by 2015 through eight target areas. Sustainable Development Goal[…]
The film on Gilbane Gold outlays various phenomena details. These details relates to an overwhelming increase in toxic waste in the city’s sewage system; A case of engineering ethics. Individuals point an accusing finger on high tech industries in the region. These industries as claimed have increased pollution by increasing toxic waste in the sewerage[…]
Introduction The breaking down of the earth´s rocks into smaller particles forms the varying sizes of soil, which again constitutes part of the earth’s surface. This process, also known as weathering, occurs due to physical forces and chemical processes leading to the development of the parent material (regolith) for soil formation. Physical weathering alters the[…]
Rising sea level is the cumulative effect of polar caps melting, loss of ice from West Antarctica, and thermal expansion of seawater. The ocean can absorb as much as 80% of the heat—the heat absorption results in thermal expansion contributing to the sea level rise. The polar caps have been melting since 1970; in addition,[…]
Introduction China has developed and adopted different environmental policies over the last ten years. These policies are developed with the idea of controlling different operations in different sectors of the country, including in the industrial sector and the Two Control Zones (TCZ). The main challenge that face the environmental policies in China arise from the[…]
Introduction Pollution is an environmental issue that affects most of the countries in today’s world. Pollution can lead to increaseof disease, reduced expectancy as well as reduced a country’s overall quality of life. Background of research There are a lot of worries about the state of the environment across the world. Purchasing behavior of consumers[…]
Society today grapples with one of the main challenges facing environmental pollution (Lofrano et al., 2017). Exploration of state-of-the-art and innovative technology is ongoing for mitigation measures associated with water, soil, and air pollution. Sewage, effluent from industries, heavy metals, harmful gases, herbicides, particulate matter, and pesticides represent a small fraction of the worrisome pollutants.[…]
Greenhouse gases are defined as “the gases with the properties of absorbing infrared radiation released from the surface of the earth” (Kweku et al., 2018). Carbon dioxide (CO2), water vapours, nitrous oxides (N2O), methane (CH4), and fluorinated gases are few examples of greenhouse gases. The greenhouse effect, on the other, is caused due to the[…]