Academic papers on Environmental Issues & Ecology

Chameleons: Phylogeny, Taxonomy, and Ecology
A 5 page overview of the group of animals we know as chameleons. The author provides a specific phylogenetic classification of these animals from Kingdom to Species, noting the similarities in evolutionary pattern with other vertebrates and...
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EU Energy Policy
This 6 page paper considers issue relating to EU energy policies. These include how the European Union energy policy changed over the last half century. How the deregulation of markets led to benefits for consumers. The costs of the EU
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Global Warming: Three Questions
5 pages. In Thomas Berry's article "The Viable Human" we are shown that the 'wonderworld' we are striving for is in fact becoming a 'wasteworld.' Berry tells us "the total extinction of life is not imminent, though the elaborate forms of life...
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Cost-Benefit Analysis in Environmental Decisions
A 5 page paper presenting a memo to President Bush discussing the value of subjecting environmental alternatives to cost-benefit analysis to determine their real worth. Cost-benefit analysis is highly useful for putting the relative value of...
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Environmentalism
14 pages in length. Since the advent of big business, the notion of environmentalism has been at the forefront of man's perpetual quest for progress. Industrialization brought with it a number of positives and negatives where society was...
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Federalism in Regards to the Watershed Issues in the United States
This is a 5 page paper discussing federalism in regards to watershed and water system deterioration in the U.S. Geoffrey O
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Plant And Animal Species In The California Desert
6 pages in length. The California desert is not conducive for just any life form, but rather only those who have effectively undergone the necessary physiological adaptations that allow them to withstand extreme heat and cold. Indeed, it can...
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Water Quality in the UK: The Impact of the European Union
A 12 page overview of the myriad of considerations which have gone into revising water quality laws in the United Kingdom. Given the close ties between EU directive and UK law, it becomes impossible to understand the latter without considering the...
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Taylor's "Making Salmon"
7 pages in length. Man has long believed that his impact upon the earth's resources has no correlation with its ultimate degradation. From land to sea to the atmosphere above, the environment has forever been at the mercy of man's blatant disregard...
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Feeding response in crosses between geographical races of the garter snake, Thamnophis elegans: A Critique of the Article by Stevan J. Arnold
A 5 page review of this article exploring the geographic variance of food preference. Arnold
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Environmental Issues and the Media:
This 7 page paper discusses how modern-day environmental issues are impacted by the media. This paper explores specific issues such as global warming, oil spills and more and reveals how media influences the public perception of these issues. ...
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Regulatory Versus Market Instruments in Environmental Policymaking
This 5 page report discusses issues related to the ways in which environment problems are addressed in the market in comparison to how they are addressed through regulatory considerations. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FAMRING AND AGRIBUSINESS: IMPLICATIONS FOR COMMUNITIES
This 3 page paper discusses the differences between farming and large agribusiness. Examples are given which show the detrimental effect that agribusiness has had on rural farming communities. Pre-WWII farming is compared/contrasted to post-WWII...
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Ecological Footprints
A 6 page research paper that, first of all, defines what is meant by "ecological footprint." This is an innovative statistical model used to measure how a specific community or country impacts the environment. The writer explores the uses for this...
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Review Of Two Articles: Environmental Planning
6 pages in length. The writer summarizes, critiques and analyzes two articles from the Journal of Planning Education and Research. No additional sources cited.
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