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Bio-Retention Systems and Vegetated and Bio-Filtration Swales Environmental Studies Assignment
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Urban stormwater runoff occurs abundantly hence the increase in water pollution. The increased impervious surface and loading of toxic contaminants from urban areas toward the receiving water bodies make the largest water pollution surveyed in the U.S. lakes (United States Environmental Protection Agency). 
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Impact of Petroleum Exploration on the Environment Environmental Studies Term Paper
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Thus, the Arctic region has emerged as a new area for such exploration. It has been estimated that there are 90 billion barrels of oil and 669 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in the area above the Arctic Circle. This constitutes 22% of the undiscovered conventional resources of the planet (Schmidt, 2012, p. a194).
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What Causes Air Pollution Environmental Studies Assignment
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The increase in population has made people indulge in many activities that end up causing air pollution. Air pollution has very severe health consequences that include exposure to diseases such as respiratory and cardiac conditions and cancer. It is hence very important to control the air pollution causes in any society. 
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Techniques for Dealing with the Hazardous Radioactive Wastes Environmental Studies Literature review
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Hazardous wastes or materials may be solids, liquids, sludges, or contained gases. Alternatively; they can also be by-products of the manufacturing processes or discarded commercial products, such as pesticides or cleaning fluids. Typical hazardous wastes are known to display at least one of the four hazardous characteristics, including toxicity, ignitability, corrosively, and reactivity.
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Analysis of a Contaminated Site in Australia Environmental Studies Case Study
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Contamination poses health risks to individuals, the environment, and environmental management practices.  over one hundred and fifty thousand sites in Australia are exposed to toxic waste contamination. The report states that only a fraction of these sites are going through major cleanups to reduce or remove the potential health risk that they pose to human health (Carbonell, 2013).
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Classes of Wastes and Methods of Its Disposal Environmental Studies Essay
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The classification of waste, especially hazardous waste, involves the identification of contaminants that are most likely to be in the waste product, their sampling, and analysis. According to the Victoria EPA classification, evidence to offer credence to the categorization should include the outcomes of the sampling and analysis.
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Deforestation Is Anthropogenic and This Should Relate to Climate Change Environmental Studies Essay
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In conclusion, this piece has demonstrated the factors that contribute to deforestation in the Amazon and the possible effects of deforestation. As mentioned in the essay, deforestation is anthropogenic; it is attributed to land-use risks as well as population growth. Besides that, deforestation results in the loss of tropical biodiversity. 
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Environmental Impact of Oil Production and Refinery in Venezuela Environmental Studies Coursework
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The activities of these oil refinery plants are having adverse effects on the marine ecosystems because of continuously being exposed to myriad disturbances (Croquer et al. 2016). Chemical contaminants, including trace metals and hydrocarbons, are the ones having the greatest impacts on marine ecosystems (Venturini et al. 2008).
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Silent Spring by Rachel Carson Environmental Studies Book Report/Review
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She attended Springdale's small school during her tenth grade. She completed her high school at Parnassus before she joined Pennsylvania College for Women that today is well known as Chatham University. During her senior secondary school years, she first studied English before she took a turn to study biology.
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Safety Concern for Airlines Flying in a Volcanic Ash Cloud: Virgin and Qantas Environmental Studies Literature review
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It is important to reiterate that expert opinion was clear that there was immense risk associated with the volcano ash and that airline companies had to take individual responsibilities for their own actions. Qantas airline set positive and good precedence that could be emulated by other airline companies in order to prevent the numerous accidents witnessed in the airline industry.
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Climate Change: Energy and Mineral Resources Environmental Studies Term Paper
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Climate change can simply be viewed as the change in weather patterns over decades and centuries in a given region or across the world. Climate change is continuously affecting the earth through various ways such as melting of ice, rise in sea levels, drought, and excessive precipitation in different areas among other things.
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Indicators of Healthy Rivers Environmental Studies Literature review
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A healthy river must have the potential to support all ecological processes that ought to happen; all organisms that must be there; and all services and goods valued by people. Reference conditions refer to the selected conditions or measurements of minimally damaged water bodies that characterize a water body kind in a given region.
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How the Aswan High Dam Has Greatly Impacted on the Nile River Basin and Affected the Marine and Aquatic Life Environmental Studies Essay
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The reference environmental stands for the life aspects directly or indirectly affected by the socio-economic activities along the Nile basin. The Nile River has a long history coupled with many issues surrounding the usage and flow of its waters. Water as a resource in Africa and the world at large is a great issue and a key aspect in the life of man, animals, and plants.
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Natural Amino Acid Supplements vs Those Manufactured Artificially Environmental Studies Essay
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This idea was refined by adding ideas of adding natural sweeteners that flavor it up so that it would not have a taste that was not appealing to customers. Also, it would be released to the market in different types according to the vegetable type from which it was obtained. It would also be branded as people are more receptive to a brand rather than a by-the-way product.
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Whether the Environmental Benefits of an Electric Car Offset the Weaknesses Environmental Studies Essay
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Electric car batteries pose some threat to the environment, if we consider the source of the electricity that is used for charging them. In some governments, the electricity generated comes from fossil fuels and sometimes coal. Therefore, the main argument of this article will focus on whether the benefits of using battery electric cars can overcome the weakness.
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The Use of Biomimicry in the Environment Environmental Studies Term Paper
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Natural activities are those which are done by both animals and by plants. These activities are such that they can easily be imitated through the use of human-made processes to come up with other processes which work just like the natural one. This art is one of the most applicable in all fields.
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How International Tourism Has Contributed to Climate Change Environmental Studies Literature review
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Scores of Maldives islands are below one meter above sea level, and as the oceans of the world continue to heat up, they enlarge and this leads to the rise of sea levels between 0.04 and 0.1 meters after every one decade. Arguably, a rise in sea level would result in Maldives’ coastal erosion, and to make the matter worse a large percentage of the landmass might end up being submerged by 2040.
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Faroese Whale Hunt - The Bad-Ass Shepherd Environmental Studies Case Study
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In the Faroese Islands, residents are legally allowed to hunt pilot whales in what is known as the annual Grindadràp. According to McGwin (2014), residents of the Faroe Islands drive the pilot whales to shallow waters using boats, and from there, they stab and kill the animals for meat. In 2013 alone, 2,000 such animals were killed.
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Liberal Capitalism and Environmental Challenges Environmental Studies Term Paper
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The liberal capitalism that is practiced is not only an economic, but also a moral and social philosophy in which the market is valued in itself, and little attention is given to other relationships within the production process (Baer, 2012). Market operations are considered an ethic that can guide human action at the expense of any other ethical beliefs.
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Renewable Energy in Australia: Clean Energy Framework, Implications beyond the Policy Area Environmental Studies Case Study
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With just pricing carbon, the renewable energy generation level is projected to grow by just 5,000 GWh before 2020, mainly through cheap hydro-electric upgrades investment as well as investing in a number of biomass-based projects in reaction to costly electricity under carbon pricing as well as inducements under the Green Power program.
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Governance for Environmental Sustainability Environmental Studies Term Paper
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As environmental challenges continue to unfold, it is vital that the existing problems are tackled, minimized, and even eliminated. Environmental governance has therefore become increasingly significant. Analysts have disclosed that there is a strong causal relationship between better governance and better development of outcomes 
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Inernational Tourism and Climate Change Environmental Studies Term Paper
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The international tourism industry has had a traceable contribution to environmental change, especially through climate change as can be seen in the report. The most significant contribution has been through the release of CO2 from a variety of activities such as transport and accommodation among others.   
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Climate Change and International Tourism Environmental Studies Term Paper
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The methodology for the research considered the review of literature materials such as books and journals that relate to the topic. Findings from these materials are used to present in the discussion to establish the impact of tourism on climate change. The keywords in the report are; international tourism and climate change.    
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Worldwide Improvements and Damage to the Environment Environmental Studies Essay
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Conclusively, the innovations that are being developed to better human lives have a negative impact on all the three categories of resources, that is living resources like the destruction of plants and animals, non-living like mineral depletion and finally land resources like during site creation (Solow, 2014).
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Analysis of a Campaign by World Wildlife Fund Addressing the Issue of Climate Change Environmental Studies Term Paper
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Public opinion is always relevant in shaping the policies and the laws in a given country. Various tools are used by parties with interest to change public opinion regarding climate change. One such tool in the modern world is by using media that has a lot of influence on the views of the people hence changing policies. 
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China's Renewable Energy Strategy Environmental Studies Case Study
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The paper “China’s Renewable Energy Strategy”  is a pathetic example of a case study on environmental studies. China has positioned itself as one of the global nations that have embraced the transition to renewable energy in the endeavor to protect the environment. The country cannot sacrifice the environment at the expense of economic growth.
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Greening Columbia City for the Better Good Environmental Studies Essay
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This report is written regarding the research in Tyndall Centre for Climate Change that suggests that we need a 10 % increase in green space in our cities to fight and survive a change in the climate. This report is for the authority of a city or town, where we will be making the case for greening the city.
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What is a Biophysical Environment Environmental Studies Assignment
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Acid Sulphate Soils – the terrestrial soils within the site are classified as Acid Sulphate Soils. The sediments and soils below the water table may require removal and transport to a facility for treatment (Golder Associates 2013). The aim is to reduce the impact of the contents of the soil on the ecosystems.
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Ways and Concepts of Water Management Environmental Studies Assignment
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There are water-borne diseases that occur as a result of water pollution. There are adverse impacts on the environment as well. For instance, the acidic rains that occur as a result of air pollution; affect the vegetation greatly and also the beautiful manmade structures such as buildings. There are negative impacts on marine life.
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Environmental Scanning and Its Application in Community Safety Partnerships Environmental Studies Case Study
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With the rise in the number of industries and manufacturing plants, increasing human population, and the use of environment depleting and polluting technology, environmental degradation is becoming a major issue not only in my country but worldwide (Council C.C, 2012). Climate change can have both negative and positive effects depending on the area in which it is applied.
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Managing Farm Dairy Effluent Environmental Studies Case Study
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The management should focus more on the provision of possible solutions to the problem of water pollution and not one which over exercises on the consequences of water pollution. This is a sure way of convincing farmers that the management is indeed concerned with their welfare and their business at all.
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Implications of Global Warming Environmental Studies Report
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It has resulted in ice melt of the mountain ice caps and the Antarctica and Arctic regions thus increasing the sea levels. Global warming has also led to the acidification of the oceans. As a result, both plants and animals have been significantly impacted. Some of the social effects associated with global warming include disease outbreaks and conflicts as people struggle for the limited resources.
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Carbon Footprint Effect on the Economy Environmental Studies Literature review
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In the United Kingdom, when considerations are made concerning the carbon emission of drink commodities, the determining factor I the relative influence of other manufacturing stages and also the usage of the product. It has often been the packaging and refrigeration that contributed largely to their overall total lifecycle carbon emissions. 
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The Importance of Constructed Wetlands in the Processes of Mine Pollution Amelioration Environmental Studies Literature review
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Mustafa (2013) defined industry as the processes and activities that produce goods from raw materials and in the process, there is the creation of by-products that can pollute the environment and have adverse effects on the ecosystem. Over the years, the mining industry has experienced a lot of burden of negative ecological criticism and resilient government regulations.
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The Importance of Constructed Wetlands in the Process of Mine Pollution Amelioration Environmental Studies Literature review
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Sadak demonstrates that the efficiency and mechanism of treating AMD range across seasons and wetland age. At any rate, microbial mechanisms of production of alkalinity are critical for the continual treatment of ADM. Additionally, when the constructed wetlands are provided with elevated acid loads, the capacity of the microbes to detect pH falls. 
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Constructed Wetlands and Mine Pollution Environmental Studies Literature review
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Extraction, as well as the processing of minerals, has been a basis of lots of pollutants inflowing to the soil, water, and air. Mine pollution has also resulted in scores of enormous unproductive landscapes and infertile lands. As to lessen such contaminants and re-establish ecological productivity to lands that have been mined, the 1977 Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act were enacted.
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Previous Disasters in Asia Environmental Studies Case Study
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Pakistan has shown inadequate political commitment in the management of disaster risks. It has focused more on the disaster response mechanism as opposed to prevention thus causing more difficulties (Lazarte 2011). However, the government has progressed in coordinating disaster response mechanisms after the 2005 earthquake.
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Green Belts in the UK Environmental Studies Essay
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Green belt is a portion of countryside that checks urban sprawl. Development on the green belt can be permitted under extremely crucial conditions, for example, there might be a severe housing necessity in that specific area. In UK, land can be broadly divided into brown fields and green fields. A brown field site may be defined as a formerly developed land that has the potential for redevelopment.
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Carbon Capture and Storage: Towards Increased Environmental Sustainability in the UAE Environmental Studies
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The paper "Carbon Capture and Storage: Towards Increased Environmental Sustainability in the UAE" is a wonderful example of a report on environmental studies. Carbon emission into the atmosphere is the core contributor to the greenhouse effect which causes global warming and poses a serious danger to the environment.
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Critical Evaluation of Safety Health and Environmental Policy Environmental Studies Literature review
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Sustainability in a business makes a good case for the formulation of policies that will drive such firms to success.  The formation of the Safety, Health, and Environmental management committee is an indication that the University of Central Lancashire is committed to complying with all regulations set by the government.
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Waste Management in Construction Site in Oman Environmental Studies Literature review
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When recycling plastic, the raw materials in the production process include the waste plastic material that is cheaper to acquire. the cost of handling waste-related challenges is also eliminated by recycling products. The table below shows a range of products that can be produced from construction and demolition wastes Kashino et al. 2007).
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Camel in the United Arabian Emirates: Camel and Culture Environmental Studies Term Paper
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Dubai has launched a project that is dedicated to saving 20 percent electricity consumption in a period of three years. For starters, to effect this initiative, the municipal; council has the mandate to replace all the lamp posts in the beaches and parks replacing them with solar-powered ones (Fraser and Golzari 47). 
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Effects of Water Pollution on the Environment Environmental Studies Research Paper
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The emissions from the vehicles contribute much to the production of carbon emissions. Water pollution can be seen as part of the pollution. Most of the creatures are found in the sea, oceans, rivers, and streams, and most of the world is covered with water. Most of the water present in the world is saline and thus undrinkable for humans.
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Operation Risk Failures - Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Environmental Studies Case Study
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The paper “Operation Risk Failures - Fukushima Nuclear Disaster” is a meaningful example of the case study on environmental studies. Fukushima Nuclear Disaster was characterized by a series of nuclear meltdowns, equipment failures, and emission of radioactive materials. According to Hasegawa, the disaster was the second most severe and largest nuclear disaster after the Chernobyl disaster.
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Water and Waste for Bendee Downs Environmental Studies Case Study
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Water is the most valued natural resource in the world and every other state works towards better utilization of this resource. According to Hall (1997), water use is valued and should be done in the best possible ways to minimize wastage. The department of energy and natural resources in Mexico in this report has put effective measures to give the best utilization of this all-important resource.
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Tsunami Emergency Management Systems Environmental Studies Case Study
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Crisis management is a process by which an organization deals with unpredictable occurrences which threaten to harm the environment and its occupants. Eddie & Allan (2009) argue that, unlike risk management which entails the process of assessing the potential risk hazards and coming up with ways of avoiding them, crisis management deals with the threats after occurring.
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Environmental and Global Sustainability Issues Environmental Studies Term Paper
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The industrial production of animals relies heavily on input energy, feed, and other varied outputs. There has been impacting on biodiversity as a result of dairy products since it involves the utilization of invasive plants and fertilizers on grass. Trade increase has resulted in increased use of energy and emission of gases causing a negative impact on ecological diversity and sustainability.
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Sustainability and Environmental Issues Environmental Studies Term Paper
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Development pressures and population growth are major driving forces threatening the long-term health of humans and other world species. Sustainable development involves maintaining the current rate of development while leaving appropriate resources for future generations in ensuring the continuation of development.
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The Relationship between Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and the Science behind their Occurrence Environmental Studies Report
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Earthquakes result from drifting tectonic plates colliding or moving away from one another. The prediction of the possible occurrence of earthquakes is usually very difficult. However, scientists are able to make predictions of the possible occurrence of earthquakes by studying fault lines of different tectonic plates.
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Bhopal Accident and How Issues That Resulted from It Can Be Avoided in Future Environmental Studies Case Study
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This study will be guided by the following questions: Were safety measures at the plant compromised prior to the occurrence of the accident? What was the environmental effect of the accident? Did the firm’s officials involved in professional misconduct following the accident? Was the firm’s management involved in corruption in order to conceal the truth about the accident?
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