Introduction:- Pollutants in the air threaten the lives of everything living on earth. They cause acid rain and smog‚ weaken the ozone layer‚ increase the chances of cancer and contribute to changing the climate of the world. Pollutants can be invisible and often we don’t even realize that we’re making them. Polluted air travels with the wind‚ affecting all of us‚ whether or not we are responsible for it. Smog aggravates heart and respiratory diseases. Acid rain erodes buildings‚ hurts
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Geography 2/21/08 Anthropogenic Effects There are an abundant amount of pollutants that is destroying our atmosphere. Many of these pollutants are anthropogenic contaminants. The meaning of anthropogenic is that it is human-caused. People play a significant role in hurting the atmosphere‚ and one of the main reasons is the pollution from automobiles. There are many different types of anthropogenic toxins in the world. About two percent of deaths annually are in the United States because of
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Anthropogenic hazard Anthropogenic hazards or human-made hazards can result in the form of a human-made disaster. In this case‚ anthropogenic means threats having an element of human intent‚ negligence‚ or error; or involving a failure of a human-made system. It results in huge loss of life and property. It further affects a person’s mental‚ physical and social well-being. Sociological hazards Crime Crime is a breach of the law for which some governing authority (via the legal systems) can ultimately
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Anthropogenic hazards or human-made hazards can result in the form of a human-made disaster. In this case‚anthropogenic means threats having an element of human intent‚ negligence‚ or error; or involving a failure of a human-made system. This is as opposed to natural hazards that cause natural disasters. Either can result in huge losses of life and property as well as damage to peoples’ mental‚ physical and social well-being. Fire Bush fires‚ forest fires‚ and mine fires are generally started by lightning
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Main air pollutants and their sources Carbon Monoxide- motor cars‚ cigarettes‚ bush‚ forest and farm fires‚ slow combustion stoves Oxides of nitrogen (NO+NO2)- combustion (vehicles and power stations) Particulates (soot)- combustion (transport and industry)‚ many industrial processes (mining)‚ bush fires‚ farms and forest burn-offs‚ backyard incineration; abets in dust from insulation and pre-1986 fibrous cement board in old buildings and from their demolition Airborne lead- lead smelters (Broken
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Anthropogenic Climate Change Brandie Fonseca Informal Logic 103 Instructor John Moore May 21‚ 2012 An issue that is felt throughout the world is Anthropogenic Climate Change formally known as Global Warming. This word wide problem is one that needs to be addressed immediately as well as long term. Anthropogenic Climate Change is the rise of the earth’s temperature caused by human activities. The continuing rise in the earth’s temperature will cause extreme change in our earth’s ecosystems
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"An Ecosystem ’s Disturbance by a Pollutant Paul Cordova L. Lehr December 11‚ 1995 Freedman defines a pollutant as "the occurrence of toxic substances or energy in a larger quality then the ecological communities or particular species can tolerate without suffering measurable detriment" (Freeman‚ 562). Although the effects of a pollutant on an organism vary depending on the dose and duration (how long administered). The impact can be one of sublethality to lethality‚ all dependent upon the factors
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The ocean is home to many of the most prominent‚ yet commonly looked over‚ indicators of anthropogenic climate change present in society today. Often these indicators are in connection with many other obvious‚ more recognized factors such as the emission of greenhouse gases or the drastic change in global temperatures. More specifically‚ ocean acidity can be looked at very closely to determine the severity of the situation of climate change‚ and how it is consistently affecting our planet’s marine
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Anthropogenic habitat fragmentation has affected‚ and will continue to affect the dynamics of populations for most organism types that are subjected to it. From the physical structures we construct for the conveniences of humankind to the deterioration of continuity in our forests and other vast ecosystems that we have exploited to support urbanization and development of land‚ we are changing the ways in which organisms can use the landscapes to which they have evolved. By creating barriers and inhospitable
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attempt to control hazardous air pollutants (HAP).” The current definition of HAP is a pollutant "known to cause or [that] may reasonably be anticipated to cause adverse effects to human health or adverse environmental effects”. It came in section 112 amendments to clean air. The EPA was required by Section 112 to have a list of hazardous air pollutants that may have would cause to mortalities‚ fatalities‚ illnesses or anything that could not be reversed. Once the pollutant list was made‚ The EPA required
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