Academic papers on Environmental Issues & Ecology

Snowmobiles in Yellowstone
This 5 page paper explores the factors involved in the environmental risk of allowing snowmobiles into Yellowstone National Park. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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A six page paper which looks at the causes and detrimental effects of acid rain ,the ways in which efforts are being made to reduce polluting emissions, and the level of success which anti-pollution measures have had so far. Bibliography lists 3...
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Native American Uniformity in an Ecological World View?: A Polemic Approach to Demonstrating or Refuting the Validity of a Popular Perception
A 15 page discussion of the popular perception that Native Americans exhibit a uniform ecological world view. Presents supporting and detracting arguments for this view. Notes first that the sheer diversity of Native American cultures and...
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Resolving the Ecological Impacts of Algal Blooms
A 10 page overview of the complexity of ecological problems created by algal blooms. Emphasizes that these blooms are caused by excess nutrient loading through pollutant discharges and that they result in tremendous impacts to ecological systems. ...
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Radical Ecology
What is known as "cultural ecofeminism" is most associated with the idea of a spiritual bond between women and nature. This 5 page paper observes that the primary view provided by Carolyn Merchant, in her book Radical Ecology: The Search for a...
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A five page paper which looks at the current controversy over oil drilling in Alaska, with reference to the potential energy crisis in the US and the claims of conservationists that opening up the Northern slope in Alaska will be seriously...
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Farm Preservation in Pennsylvania
This 10 page paper provides a look at farm preservation and how Pennsylvania has fared. Solutions for communities are proposed. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Perspectives on the Ozone Layer Depletion
(6 pp) We have been hearing bout the depletion in the ozone layer for quite some time now; long enough in fact that we may start to wonder if it is so much hype, or continues to have basis in reality. We that thought in mind, we shall gather...
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Global Warming: It is Not Too Late To Cool Down
This 10 page paper provides an overview about global warming inclusive of the theories behind it and its future. Ideas about how global warming can be stopped or slowed down are included. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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The Expansion of Cattle Ranching in the West
An 8 page overview of the initiation of cattle ranching in the West. Traces the history of this land use from the Spanish land grants to the Treaty of Guadelupe Hildalgo, signed on February 2, 1848, in which Mexico ceded Arizona,California,...
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Ozone Depletion
This 7-page essay details the current status of our planet
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U.S. International Policy in Relation to the Environment: The 1992 Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit and the Years Which Followed
A 6 page discussion of U.S. international policy in regard to the environment. Recounts the failure of the U.S. in the 1992 Earth Summit to take her expected role of leader in implementing solutions to our ever-growing environmental problems. ...
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Depletion Of The Earth's Ozone Layer
7 pages in length. Considerable efforts have been made to conquer the ongoing effects of a number of atmospheric planetary degradation, including air pollution, acid rain, acid snow, ozone layer depletion, global warming, the greenhouse effect,...
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Hobbs and Rousseau in the Neighborhood.
(5 pp) Our assigned role is to consider the individual and how he best functions in a community. In doing that we will be looking at an equal relationship of the community and the individual, in that one does not bare more of the load...
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A nine page paper which looks at the way in which herbicides affect the environment, and the arguments both for and against their use in terms of their short and long-term impact on the ecological web, and the need for detailed research into the way...
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