Academic papers on Environmental Issues & Ecology

Water Pollution Via Sewage Inputs / Regulations & Alternatives
A 10 page overview f the problems of water pollution caused by domestic wastes. Discusses regulation and the factors which influence it and identifies two alternative methods for treatment and discharge. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Environmental Impact of Surface Sewage Runoff (Includes Information on Tennessee Law Relating to Issue)
This 7 page report discusses the environmental impact of sewage runoff in a variety of landscapes. Over 5.3 million metric tons of sewage sludge are produced in the United States every year. The sewage treatment industry, like others in the waste...
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Pollution In The Everglades
A 5 page outline of pollutant and other adverse environmental impacts to the Everglades. Identifies domestic wastewater, over development and the sugar industry as being the primary impacts to this extremely sensitive environmental area. ...
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The Long, Slow Death of Florida's Everglades
A 5 page paper that argues the point that industry and an expanding population have done considerable damage to Florida's Everglades and the ecosystem that it supports. Emphasis is placed on the fact that the Everglades are being crowded by...
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Sustainability & The Problem of Domestic Wastewater
A 10 page overview of the concept of sustainability in relation to the treatment and disposal of domestic wastewater. Identifies two more sustainable alternatives than conventional chemical treatment and disposal into water bodies: reverse osmosis...
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Gibbons, Whit & Anne R. - 'Ecoviews: Snakes, Snails, and Environmental Tales'
This 4 page report discusses 'Ecoviews: Snakes, Snails, and Environmental Tales,' an enthusiastic treatise about protecting the earth's biodiversity. The book is unique in its focus on the American Southeast, a region too often neglected in...
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Salt Water Intrusion / An Overview
A 5 page overview of the environmental problem of saltwater intrusion. Provides details of occurrences currently being experienced in Florida. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Protecting Water Sources: Past, Present And Future
11 pages in length. One of the earth's most precious resources is in great peril. Water, the substance required by all living beings as a means of survival, is succumbing more and more to the ravages of pollutants, most -- if not all -- of which...
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Automobiles & The Environment
A comprehensive 15 page discussion of the historic role that cars have played in polluting our atmosphere. The writer brings us up-to-date with an in-depth look at various fuel alternatives, the possibility of electric cars, and so forth. Numerous...
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Environmentally Sound Alternatives to Gas / Replacement Fuel
A well-written 6 page research paper discussing some of the possible alternatives to using gasoline in cars. The writer details the scope of this environmental problem, its history, and then elaborates each of the possible solutions (electric cars,...
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Alternatives To Gas # 2
5 pages in length. With fossil fuels rapidly depleting, the world has had to devise alternative methods by which to fuel various gas-powered machinery. Few options appear to be as workable as electricity and hydrogen fuel cells, yet there exist...
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Gas Pipeline
A 7 page research paper on how laws, political and legal actions, and resources all come together in the gas and pipeline industries. The writer provides information on Montana, North Dakota and briefly outlines the legal and political...
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Energy Policy & The Environment
This 5 page essay explores the U.S. energy policy and global environmental concerns. Several issues are addressed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Future Energy Demands
6 pages in length. In the not-too-distant future -- with regard to history's timeline -- there will come a point when fossil fuels will have been depleted and humans will be forced to find alternative sources with which to power automobiles,...
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Corporations ARE Endangering the Environment
A 5 page paper discussing the a few of the realities concerning the corporate world and the environment. Although many people may be under the delusion that pollution and the damaging of the environment is under control through rules, regulations,...
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