Essays on World Problems

Climate change is critical issues and mining companies both contribute to and are affected by climate change. Mining is an energy-intensive industry and globally estimates that the mining industry accounts for approximately 2% percent of emissions. In Africa, the department of minerals and energy estimates...

There are countless problems consuming the world today –ethnic clashes, massive pollution, overpopulation, global warming… Although we make daily scientific and technological advances, we are still struggling with these basic issues. What if we were to discover the missing piece information vital to solving every...

In April of 2011, I experienced a trip like no other. A service trip to Nicaragua during Holy Week highlighted my eighth grade year. Traveling with my mother, brother, my friend Quinn, her mom, and her aunt, we began our week-long, lesson-learning journey. We arrived...

We see it, we hear about it, and some of us even live it. It’s unfortunately all around us; what is it? Poverty. Throughout the world, a vast majority of adults and children live in inhumane conditions. Many people have attempted to take a shot...

Climate change poses a threat to economic growth and long-term prosperity of many countries around the world. Africa is not an exception, considering the actual and potential impacts of climate change and climate variability that will threaten its vulnerable sectors and human populations. African countries...

“We neither belong to Bangladesh nor to Myanmar. We don’t have any identity in neither country.” – Zohra Begum (BBC) 25 August 2017, a Rohingya terrorist group ARSA attacked more than 30 police posts, killing soldiers and the police in the process. Then continued an...

Cancer research in UK found that there is a gene in skin cancers that grows rapidly and heals itself. Scientists say that the skin cancer is mostly caused by a fault in the gene called asTGFBR1. The disease of skin cancer is becoming common now...

In sealife the result of a species not being able to replenish due to a decreased population is called the result of overfishing. Overfishing is what happens to a species of fish when it is expected to be widely available for consumption. Fish are often...

Food has always been a part of a culture and the people are loyal to the food but they are unaware of the dangerto a species caused by a certain dish. That’s the reality that the Patagony tooth fish is facing. Jani Actman, oh her...

Land Use The land use impact of wind power facilities varies substantially depending on the site: wind turbines placed in flat areas typically use more land than those located in hilly areas. However, wind turbines do not occupy all of this land; they must be...

Earth’s climate is the impact of a adjust between the sum of approaching vitality from the sun and vitality being transmitted out into space. According to NASA’s Earth Observatory, approaching sun based radiation strikes Earth’s environment in the shape of unmistakable light, additionally bright and...

Climate change is the subject of how weather patterns change over decades or longer. Over the years Earth’s global temperature has increased at an alarmingly dangerous rate. The mean global temperature from 1850-1890 was roughly 13.7 degrees celsius. By 2015 the mean global temperature was...

For almost a quarter-century, the world has placed its faith in international agreements to address the threat of climate change. The reasoning is that a binding agreement is the best way to ensure that greenhouse gas emissions are capped at a level low enough to...

The number of animals used in research has increased with the advancement of research and development in medical technology. Every year, millions of experimental animals are used all over the world. The pain, distress and death experienced by these animals during scientific experiments have been...

Climate change is arguably the greatest collective-action problem the world has ever faced (Barrett 257). It would be inevitable to completely reduce all CO2 emissions because both developed and developing countries are continuously economically developing at different rates. Policy makers just like the general population...

Summary The article by FishBio explores the decline of the recreational fishing industry in California despite the presence of plenty of outdoor fishing tournaments in the region. Notwithstanding the presence of black bass, a popular recreational fishing target in lakes such as Sacramento-Sao Joaquin Delta,...

Alternative Energy Sources, Question 1 Because land and space are resources as finite as those resources which they contain, there is no doubt that an expansion in one industry would hinder the ability of another to operate. In the article by James Lovgren, the oil...

Not a single commercial Alaskan fishermen died in vessel-related incident in the 2014-2015 federal fiscal year. This was the first time this had ever occurred in commercial fishing in Alaska, which notoriously has had the highest death rate among occupations. Increased safety awareness and new...

Rising sea levels from global warming to claim Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and part of Texas! What is global warming, and is it a sign of the coming extinction of Man? The American Heritage College Dictionary defines global warming as “an increase in the...

The book ‘Merchants of Doubt’ by Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway puts forward the common fibre that links lung cancer, nuclear weapons, acid rain, the ozone hole, pesticides like DDT, and climate change together. They’ve all been the victims of an anti-environmentalist program that has...

The risks of global warming are real. Countries such as US, China, and other governments must implement measures to restrict the emission of CO2 and other greenhouse gases. Coal has been running the wheels and warming the homes for centuries; however, it has had devastating...

Philosophy is the study of many problems such as knowledge, existence, and values in one’s life. Philosophy doesn’t necessarily ever have a right answer but another way to look at something such as what is the value of life. I have always loved philosophy because...

Recreational angling, otherwise called sports angling involves angling exercises occupied with the end goal of delight or rivalry, instead of to make benefit for day by day survival. It is a movement which considers the duplication of significant worth per angle really reaped. Recreational angling...

Throughout history, poverty has been a challenging issue and to this date, it is a subject that many people have insufficient evidence about. Despite annual income, employment status, or overall success level, there will always be individuals who have no shelter, clothing, or food to...

There are a lot things in today’s world that I would like to change. Violence in school, Misuse of social media, and last but not least Religious based discrimination are some of the things that if I think about, I can go on for centuries....

The Bahamas are a ground of about 700 islands and 2,400 uninhabited islets and cays lying 50 mi off the east coast of Florida. Only about 30 of the islands are inhabited; the most important is New Providence (80 sq. mi; 207 sq. km), on...

“Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.” (Winston S. Churchill). Humans tend to act ignorant when it comes to the painful truth for they believe that avoiding it is easier rather...

What does it mean to be a global citizen? A global citizen is someone who possesses the following: first, being proactive in serving the community. Second, being aware and understands the current world issues and accepts that each one must be productive and welcome their...

In 100 years the Earth will pretty much almost look the same but significant consequences are to come if nothing is put into place to correct them. The most plausible event to happen let’s say in 2100 would be not from natural causes but from...

Entertainment has been around as long as people have. Easily accessible, community-based entertainment started as a useful and informative tool, such as radio during World War I. In more recent years, however, corruptive and abusive things are often glorified in entertainment. Drugs and alcohol are...