environmental crisis of the planet have caused a sever anxiety among people, some blame population growth, and other new technologies for the ongoing crisis. but, it is believed that misuse of technology, greed, and obnoxious attitude of man are the main causes of environmental crisis. in this paper, the causes of the crisis are elucidated, and a remedy, is proposed, that is to encourage enviro...

In the late 1970s the convective system that is referred to as the bow echo was identified by Fujita (1978). It was identified as a type of convective storm structure associated with intense damaging winds or downburst (Johns 1993). As more of these systems were studied, a better understanding was made on their kinematic structure and dynamical processes. Bow echoes can range in size from 15 km...

Ducted gravity waves are associated with potentially large perturbations in horizontal winds. It may be shown, neglecting friction, that these perturbations are maximized at the surface and minimized at the top of the wave duct, producing perturbation vertical wind shear as well. The magnitude of this shear is maximized in the wave ridge and the wave trough. The perturbation shear may be signif...

water contaminants and bacteria that increases the risk of becoming ill (9-11). Even more worrisome is that this only appears to be the beginning since the global shift in climate and temperatures are expected to worsen in the coming years, since the world appears to be committed to several more decades of warming (9). An equally worrying trend has also been observed in air quality and the pote...

This study examined the impact of the financial crisis on the environmental and technical efficiencies of the Japanese manufacturing industry. Overall, we found that while the crisis had a negative impact on technical efficiency it did not affect environmental efficiencythe only exception was the transportation equipment sector which improved its environmental efficiency following the crisis. A...

The concept of nature as "totally other" -the man-nature dualism -is a basic presupposition of the Modern worldview. It is an obstacle to planning for environmental sustainability. In the framework of this worldview solutions to the environmental crisis are monistic strategies that at best bridge man and nature. These strategies, in addressing only the outer reality of the environmental crisis,...