Academic papers on Environmental Issues & Ecology

MARYLAND INTERCOUNTY CONNECTOR AND ENVIRONMENT
This 5-page paper examines the Maryland Intercounty Connector (ICC) and whether this proposed superhighway can reduce the current gridlock in the D.C./Maryland area and at the same time, have little or no negative impact on the environment, current...
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Competitive displacement and bimodal distribution, and keystone species
A paper which looks in detail at the bimodal distribution of species resulting from competitive displacement, and also explains the importance of keynote species in ecological/ environmental management. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
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ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY AND WESTWARD SETTLEMENT
This 4-page paper examines westward settlement during the 19th century and its impact on the environment. Issues covered include technologies that spurred settlement, ecological impacts resulting from westward moement, and the reaction of settlers...
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Sulphur Dioxide
This 5 page paper considers the public health problem of sulphur dioxide and the impacts. This paper provides a methodology for studying this issue. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AND ORGANIC FARMING
This 10 page paper evidences the reasons that organic farming should be utilized in a civilized nation. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Environmental Problems And Religious Misinterpretation: Christianity And Judaism
10 pages in length. One of the many alternative explanations of the source of environmental problems was advanced by historian Lynn White, whose thesis contends the environmental crisis is due to the teachings of Judaism and Christianity in which...
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Cellular Phone Disposal
A 4 page paper which examines the hazardous effects of cellular phone disposal. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Review of Two Innovative Agricultural Systems
This 4 page paper reviews two potential system for helping with the production of agriculture in harsh conditions, such as those found in the Sudan. Te system reviewed are subsurface drip irrigation and the use of a self contained biosphere. The...
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Ecological Impacts of El Ni
A 5 page overview of these environmental phenomena. The author points out that these events are most often associated with deleterious impacts to ecology and human health. They can be viewed equally, however, as important evolutionary factors. ...
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Saving America's Trees
This 3 page report discusses the importance of saving America's trees and briefly considers some of the problems being faced in conservation efforts. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Rainforest Development
A 3 page research paper that is based on the premise that this research is a speech delivered by the head of a damn project to be built in the African rainforest. The speech argues for sustainable development of the rainforest as a valued natural...
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Precautionary Principle
A paper which considers the relevance of the precautionary principle to environmental issues, and the extent to which research and development should be constrained by this principle. Bibliography lists 10 sources
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Long-Range Future of Urban Solid Waste
A 6 page paper set in 2050, discussing the strides that have been made in the past 48 years. Certainly the population is higher and the city contains greater land area through annexation of outlying areas throughout the ensuing five decades. The...
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Solar Energy
This 10 page paper offers an overview of solar energy beginning with the theory underlying solar power and the two major types of solar energy. The technology of solar power cells is explained, beginning with the two major categories of solar...
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Research Proposal: Paper vs. Plastic?
A 4 page research proposal for investigating the full environmental cost of paper and plastic grocery bags. Consumers need to be able to make sound decisions based on fact rather than on supposition, and they need to recognize that their decisions...
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