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Environmental Studies Essays

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Human Impacts on Ecosystems Environmental Studies Literature review
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In the 1400s, lead, mercury, and arsenic were effectively used for this purpose. Similarly, in the 1600s, the problem of ants was tackled by the use of a mixture of honey and arsenic. In the later part of the 1800s, US farmers used various arsenites as well as tobacco derivatives to control pests. The greatest expansion in pesticides was seen after World War II.
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Evolution and Adaptation of Cacti Environmental Studies Literature review
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Modifications appeared in some species, such as the number of seeds or the outside appearance, but the basic structural functioning inside remains. With this stable adaptation, cacti will thrive on earth for millions of years to come with the same structure and functioning, unless there is a dramatic change in the environment that would cover the dry land with water.  
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Challenges Faced by Federal Legislation to Pass the Law of Climate Change Environmental Studies Case Study
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In December 2009, The United States (US) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) claimed that the climate change in the world is caused by the emissions of greenhouse gases and it seriously threatens the public health and our environment. After this declaration EPA has received ten petitions which challenged this declaration.
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Preparing for the Last Disaster Environmental Studies Literature review
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It is important to predict disasters because, natural disasters can wreck communities, destroy lives, and resources. The impact of a natural disaster cannot be ignored as it destroys resources and lives. Planning for its resilience is a key to access possible risk occurrence, which is like eating a healthy diet to be less vulnerable to health risks. 
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The Complex and Simple Correlation of Water and Life Environmental Studies Movie Review
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Water is life. This is one of the most clichéd depictions of the importance of this element in the existence of living things not only on this planet but also in our vast universe. Science, religion, poetry, and the humanities place water in the upper echelons of their disciplines because it is essential both in actuality and also in symbolism.
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Bhopal Disaster in India Environmental Studies Case Study
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On 3 December of the year 1984, approximately forty-five tons of methyl isocyanate (MIC), a very dangerous gas, leaked from an insecticide factory in Bhopal city, Madhya Pradesh state of India. The insecticide plant belonged to the Indian subsidiary of Union Carbide Corporation, an American firm that mined asbestos there from 1963 to 1985.
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Global Warming and the Future of the World Environmental Studies Essay
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The term global warming implies that the world has experienced an average increase in temperature after the 20th century. Observations collected by different researchers over the last century suggest that the average land surface temperature has risen 0.45-0.6°C (0.8-1.0°F) in the last century (Griffith, 2000).
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The Importance of Oceanography and the Climate of the Planet Environmental Studies Essay
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Primary production is the type of product that forms the initial food source for all oceanic organisms and creatures. For primary production to take place, primary producers must be involved. Primary producers are the organisms that trap the energy from sunlight and use it to convert inorganic compounds to organic compounds through photosynthesis.
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Role of Carbon Sequestration in Removing Carbon from the Atmosphere Environmental Studies Case Study
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Carbon sequestration removes the carbon present, in any form, from the atmosphere and stores it; a technique devised to lessen its amount and in turn the global warming. NAS (1992, p.918) defines geosequestration as a “large-scale engineering of our environment to combat or counteract the effects of changes in atmospheric chemistry”.
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Economic Development vs the Environment Environmental Studies Coursework
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Activity in the sense, humans as part of communities, countries, etc has been involved in various activities, utilizing our physical and mental part. They only caused tremendous transformations, with the globe evolving from a primitive one to a developed one. One can surely say that these activities of humans or countries do not result in development only.
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New Pollution Control Policy Environmental Studies Report
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Public opinion polls in the United States over the years consistently have noted a high level of concern over implementing air pollution controls to guarantee healthy air.  The Clean Air Act of 1963 was an early Congressional response to the public demand for federal assistance to solve a policy issue that originally was considered to be a state and local problem.
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Electronic Interference: the Case of Water and Air Pollution Environmental Studies Essay
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The prevailing electromagnetic interferences can be minimized by ensuring that there is a good group of electrical operation. Besides, cables connected to the “peripherals and cords” connecting the end of an electronic device, should be shielded to keep out unwanted radiofrequency waves, and energy from entering and leaving.
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London Convention - an International Treaty to Resolve Marine Pollution as an Environmental Issue Environmental Studies Case Study
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Environmental conservation has been a controversial issue over the years. Marine pollution is one of the most hazardous forms of pollution that has been recorded in history. It is in light of the increase in the dumping of waste materials in the water bodies that the issue of marine conservation has become a global concern.
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Environmental Pollution in Saudi Arabia Environmental Studies Essay
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Saudi Arabia also faces problems with pollution. According to Prince Bin Nasser Bin Abdul Aziz, the general president of the Environmental Protection and Meteorology stated that pollution is a pressing issue for Saudi Arabia and more rigorous methods are needed to meet the threat and to protect its holy sites.
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Environmental Spaces Environmental Studies Essay
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an aptly be noted, the fact of the matter is that reducing the overall level of consumption within any population center requires an added cost and commitment of both the individual member of society, as well as any corporations and businesses that might exists within the same
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The Global Warming and Extreme Weather Conditions Environmental Studies Report
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In the contemporary environment of fast advancing technology and rapid globalization, climate change has become a major concern for environmentalists. The fast depletion of natural resources has disturbed the eco system, resulting in changes in global environmental conditions like global warming, an increasing number of climate-related natural disasters, etc.
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Implementing Tax on Garbage Environmental Studies Report
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The traditional theories were not equipped enough to deal with the intrinsic market phenomena. Such an event arises out of the interdependencies between markets and prices which the traditional economic theories do not take into account. This project tries to evaluate the magnitude of the economic cost involved in environmental disruption.
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The Environment: Global Warming Environmental Studies Coursework
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Scientific discoveries like plastics and nuclear energies even though useful to us, the long-term problems it can cause to the environment are threatening us. Global warming is the major environmental problem we are facing at present because of immature approaches towards technologies and their contributions.
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Primary Global Offset Programs Environmental Studies Coursework
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Under the carbon offset structure, there are two markets. The first one is the large industries which include governments, companies, etc. These buy carbon offsets for them to comply with the regulations of the Carbon controls agreement. The next market involves smaller carbon emitters from the family level or individuals.
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Climate Change and the O Levels of Madness Environmental Studies Essay
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As per general economics, it becomes imperative to understand that the power of the world lies in a few hands. People still live according to Karl Marx’s class structure where power is the aspect that draws the line between the haves and the have-nots of society. Thus, only the powerful and rich have power in their hands to be able to do something.
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Water Resource Sustainability and Climate Change Environmental Studies Assignment
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Increased efficiency and conservation in water resources activities: It is promoted through hydropower generation, application of petroleum industry extraction techniques in order to extend the groundwater development, and the examination of wastewater treatment methodologies that minimize methane and carbon(iv)oxide production.
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Investigation of the Growth in Solar Power Environmental Studies Research Paper
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As a function of discussing alongside presenting an alternative approach, the following analysis will promote an understanding of some of the pros and cons of the utilization of solar energy. It is the hope of this author that the reader will be able to gain a more informed understanding with respect to the way in which solar energy represents potential.
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Environmental Economics Environmental Studies Essay
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The basic concept as Ethan Goffman states is “economic activity that harms the environment creates present or future losses to humans in the form of damaged health, lower productivity, depleted natural sources and reduced enjoyment of nature. Environmental Economy seeks to quantify these losses and determine the most efficient way to reduce them.
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Global Warming: Fact or Fiction Environmental Studies Essay
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Global warming is an international phenomenon with planet-wide repercussions. Detractors of the global warming phenomenon argue that it does not exist while alarmist headlines warn us that the end of the planet is near. Global warming is an environmental phenomenon that has just recently received acceptance by the scientific community.
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Prevention of Deforestation in the US Environmental Studies Essay
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A single mature tree can produce enough oxygen for two human beings during that same period, at the same time reducing carbon dioxide by forty-eight pounds. The shade of a deciduous tree can reduce the temperature by as much as twenty degrees, thereby reducing air conditioning bills and in effect, the carbon footprint.
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Environmental Protection Environmental Studies Essay
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Most states have put on the responsibility of stewardship, some more than others, but none have stated clearly that nature or wildlife have a natural right within them to a rightful existence. The laws and policies, however, have been further informed towards a position as if nature had a right. This is the heritage of the 20th-century ecology movement.
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Environmental Economics Environmental Studies Assignment
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The Kyoto Protocol is a legal agreement that obliges all the industrialized nations to initiate collective measures for reducing the emission of greenhouse gases by 5.2% compared to the year 1990. The basic purpose behind the formulation of such a protocol is to lower the overall emission of greenhouse gases from 6 basic sources.  
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Global Warming in General Environmental Studies Assignment
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The prevailing atmospheric conditions, such as humidity, temperature, and rainfall at any place, determine the weather at that location at that point in time. It is fundamentally, atmospheric conditions on any particular day. On the other hand, climate constitutes a generalization of atmospheric conditions.
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Environmental Disasters and Their Impact on a Human Environmental Studies Coursework
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It could be argued that the continuous emission of acidic gases from fossil fuel combustion and other sources constitutes a greater overall international environmental problem. Above all, the political divisions between East and West, resulting in the absence of any participation by Eastern Bloc countries in international liability compensation arrangements.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson and His Essays on Nature Environmental Studies Essay
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Emerson’s views on the language of nature, the use of nature in technology and progress, the relationship between nature and religion, and the importance of nature and the soul as the two significant components of the universe, are investigated. While Emerson supported progress, expansion and growth, he was opposed to the scientific way of thinking. 
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How the Ocean Affects the Climate Environmental Studies Essay
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Radiation of energy is taking place constantly from the earth and all other objects on earth. If the energy given out is more than it absorbs, the object becomes colder and the energy given out is less than it absorbs it gets warmer. If an object radiates and absorbs energy equally the object's temperature remains constant.
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Offshore Drilling Controversy Environmental Studies Report
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Offshore drilling is not the answer for humankind. By having oil extracted from the inner parts of the ocean the precious black diamond has hindered the world concerning environmental issues (water and animals being projected as extinct in the near future). There are other alternatives that may be considered.
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Fossil Fuels Blessing or a Curse Environmental Studies Assignment
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Fossil fuels have long been employed as the only source of energy on earth and they have already caused unrecoverable damage to the environment and this has happened majorly because of lack of awareness. Today, as there is more awareness, people are more concerned about their health and environment and future generations.
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The Giant Panda Environmental Studies Term Paper
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The classification of the giant panda (scientific name, Ailuropoda melanoleuca) has been a much-debated subject. It belongs to the class Mammalia and has been shown by taxonomy and genetic studies to be closely related to the bears and not raccoons previously believed from the distinctive physical characteristics they shared with the red panda.
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Environmental Sustainability in the Teak Plantation Industry Environmental Studies Report
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There are different groups that invested in the project.  The first investors include a nature lover who has climbed Mt. Kilamanjaro, Mt.Everest, Mt. Elbrus, and other famous mountains all over the world named Budi Hartono Purnomo.  He is a close friend of Sarwono who also happens to be a director of a major insurance company.  
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The Economics of Climate Change Environmental Studies Report
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The complacency and lack of knowledge that surrounds the billions of people populating the earth cannot be tolerated. Each person’s carbon footprint is scaling further and further and the effects that it brings are already being felt tremendously. Sooner or later we are still the ones who will suffer the consequences, all that we can hope for now is that it is the latter rather than the former.
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Buncefield Fire Accident Environmental Studies Essay
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The fire was caused by a series of explosions with the first explosion originating near tank 912. This led to further explosions that consumed over 20 oil tanks. The fire destroyed a large part of the Buncefield oil storage and transfer depot and in the process injured 43 people. There was no death reported.
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The Global Warming Environmental Studies Essay
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These special features that sustain humanity's life are diminishing at a fast pace and threaten life's survival on planet Earth. The concerns related to global warming are serious. The natural resources available in abundance not long ago are diminishing at geometrical progression. Misuse and exploitation of natural resources and factors like increasing population have aggravated the issue.
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Effects that Aquaculture Can Have on Wild Fish Stocks Environmental Studies Assignment
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In order to effectively apply the Strategic Environmental Assessment in the particular marine unit, we should primarily refer to its characteristics. In this context, it is noticed by Finnveden et al. (2003, 91) that the ‘Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) is a procedural tool and within the framework of SEA, several different types of analytical tools can be used in the assessment.
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Alternative Fuel Benefits Environmental Studies Literature review
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The opponents to the regulation of greenhouse gasses including the Bush administration have claimed this action would be too costly to business therefore hurt the economy.  Auto companies in particular lobby against regulating automobile emissions claiming that it is not economically feasible for them. 
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1906 San Francisco Earthquake Environmental Studies Report
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Myths been sifted leaving only the true images of the occurrences of April18th1906 and it is to be hoped that the reader can grasp the true picture of the horrific disaster. Many eyewitness accounts have been referred to and from them, it is easy to see why the 1906 San Francisco earthquake has been referred to as the biggest natural disaster.
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Ecological Effects of Climate Change Affecting the World Today Environmental Studies Essay
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Climate change, as a phenomenon, is not new to this century, it has been happening at periodic intervals during evolutionary history. There are substantial evidence and research to indicate that between the early and middle Holocene period several climatic changes including glacial melt resulted in sea-level rise along with the coastal areas.
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The Major Query of Globalization in a Specific Country Environmental Studies Essay
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These companies expanding their interests in the weaker economies of Asia and Africa thereby depriving the people of the respective country to fully benefit from their natural resources and transferring capital to their own country. In last it can be concluded that in the broader spectrum globalization is good for the US.
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How Alternative Fuels Replacing Fossil Fuels Environmental Studies Assignment
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Alternate energy production also requires less maintenance compared to conventional setups. The energy produced through alternative sources therefore reduces the costs of operations which in turn lowers the price of energy on the planet. Shifting to alternative energy also implies that the global future of energy is returned to the people, families and individuals.
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Damaging Effect of a Global Warming Environmental Studies Essay
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Thermal energy is energy from the earth’s crust. Hot steam coming from the earth’s crust is a good source of thermal energy. The hot steam is converted to electricity. However, some of the thermal energy escapes. Consequently, less than 100 percent of the thermal energy source beneficially creates electricity energy (Coley 6).
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Kyoto Protocol and its Importance to Developing Countries Environmental Studies Report
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“Carbon dioxide is the major culprit, accounting for 70-72% of the additional greenhouse effect accumulated since industrialization. In comparison, methane and nitrous oxide have contributed 21-22% and 6-7% respectively. Historically halocarbons have contributed about 10% to the additional greenhouse effect” (Oberthur 6).
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Solving the Garbage Problem Environmental Studies Case Study
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Gore's documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth," inspired many people to start recycling because they thought this was the right thing to do and that it would slow down global warming. Although recycling has been a good thing to do and it is a part of the larger problem, it is not enough; we need to find ways to control the creation of garbage.
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Is Global Warming a Genuine Threat to the Planet Earth Environmental Studies Assignment
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The heating of the atmosphere caused by these greenhouse gases is a natural occurrence, without which the earth is in danger of turning too cold and even being frozen.   Moreover, carbon dioxide is essential for plant physiology, without which plants cannot survive. Hence some of the alarmist claims about greenhouse gas emissions.
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Machu Picchu: Planning for Sustainability Development Environmental Studies Case Study
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Concerns about preserving unspoiled natural environments, historical sites, and supporting local populations and commerce have grown in popularity in the past few decades. These ideas have also permeated the fast-growing business of tourism. Sustainable tourism is defined as an industry which attempts to make a low impact on the environment and local culture.
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Water Problems Environmental Studies Research Proposal
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Scarcity of potable water is a global problem. While three-fourth of the world is composed of water but most of these are not potable. In some arid countries like Saudi Arabia, water scarcity is exacerbated by its geographic location, thus, the need to re-strategize its water supply development and utilization.
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