POLLUTION Pollution is the introduction of a containment into the environment. It is created to mostly by human actions‚ but can also be a result of natural disasters. Pollution has a detrimental effect on any living organism in an environment‚ making it virtually impossible to sustain life. Pollution harms the Earth’s environment and its inhabitants in many ways. The three main types of pollution are: Land Pollution‚ Air Pollution‚ and Water Pollution. AIR POLLUTION Air Pollution consists
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Impact of Pollution The environment is a part of our daily lives yet most people do not consider the impact that their actions have on the environment. People interact with and depend on different aspects of the environment from the air to water and land. There are relationships between actions that we make and the environment‚ the most obvious one being pollution. The lasting influence we have on our surroundings may not be immediately apparent but future generations will have to live with
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Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change. Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or energy‚ such as noise‚ heat or light. Pollutants‚ the components of pollution‚ can be either foreign substances/energies or naturally occurring contaminants. TYPES OF POLLUTION Water Pollution As the name suggests‚ “Water Pollution” is the type of pollution that involves the contamination of various water bodies. Various aquatic creatures
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technology has greatly advanced in the last decade‚ most governments of countries around the world still use fossil fuel-based methods of energy production. This can be detrimental to mankind since‚ according to (online) http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/01335/welcome.htm‚ "The use of these fuels has two major problems; it depletes the natural supply and eventually will run out; and the burning of the fuel (i.e. coal) creates vast pollution in the form of greenhouse gases (GHG’s such as carbon monoxide
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2) Water pollution: Water pollution causes due to the introduction of chemical‚ biological and all sort of physical matter into large bodies of water that degrade the quality of life that lives in it and consumes it. We can blame fertilizers‚ pesticides‚ or petroleum derivatives for water pollution. In addition to that the other contributors towards water pollution are Waste treatment facilities‚ mining‚ Pesticides‚ herbicides and fertilizers‚ oil spills‚ refiners‚ Failing septic systems‚ factories
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starting in June 2013. On 19 June 2013 satellites captured images of smoke from illegal wildfires on the Indonesian island of Sumatra blowing east toward southern Malaysia and Singapore‚ causing thick clouds of haze in the region. As stated by a local Indonesian official‚ the source of the haze might be a 3‚000 hectare peat land in Bengkalis Regency‚ Riau Province‚ which was set ablaze by an unknown party on 9 June. As many as 187 hotspots were picked up by satellites on 18 June 2013‚ down to 85
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needs‚ but not every man’s greed.” ― Mahatma Gandhi “Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.” ― Gary Snyder “Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.” ― Edward O. Wilson There’s so much pollution in the air now that if it weren’t for our lungs there’d be no place to put it all. ~Robert Orben Don’t blow it - good planets are hard to find. ~Quoted in Time We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. ~Thomas Fuller‚ Gnomologia‚
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Pollution Introduction Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change.[1] Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or energy‚ such as noise‚ heat or light. Pollutants‚ the components of pollution‚ can be either foreign substances/energies or naturally occurring contaminants. Pollution is often classed as point source or nonpoint source pollution. The Blacksmith Institute issues an annual list of the world’s worst polluted places. In
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Problem: greenhouse gas pollution Reason: burning fossil fuels Sub-reason: create much carbon dioxide Solution: phasing out fossil fuel Example: not building any new coal-burning power plants Pollution whether it is vehicular‚ electrical or industrial is the main contributor to the global warming. Most of the greenhouse gas emissions come from the burning of fossil fuel for energy such as electricity and transport. When oil‚ gas or coal burns‚ carbon contained within it combines with oxygen
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to be both positive and negative. The issue I chose is beach pollution. This issue affects my south Florida community because we love the beach and the beaches are polluted. There is nothing positive about beach pollution. It harms innocent sea life as well as veers people away from the beautiful beaches. 1. What do members of your family and community say about the issue? My family and community are against beach pollution. They say that Loggerhead Turtles will not lay their eggs on polluted
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