Trashed: Our Ocean By: Meaghan Todd December 10th 2010 CGW-4U1-02 Mr. Kyriacou Have you ever been to the beach? I have and swimming in the ocean is one of my favourite things to do when I go on vacation! You wouldn’t want someone to come into your house and throw their cigarette butts or their plastic drink container on your kitchen floor when they’re done would you? I know I wouldn’t. Littering in the ocean does not magically get rid of your garbage; the marine wildlife
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Pollution is an issue of concern in the world that we live in today. There are many types of pollution‚ namely air‚ water and noise. Pollution in our environment will affect our quality of life. Our naturally beautiful world becoming ugly because it is suffering from the effects of environmental pollution. Pollution can also cause various health problems and other negative effects. Air pollution is caused by the emission of toxic gases from vehicles‚ factories and open burning. Nowadays‚ there are
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Ocean dumping Ocean Dumping The practice of ocean dumping should be banned. Marine pollution is at the heart of interest in today’s search for a clean environment. Not only does ocean dumping add to the unsightliness of the once beautiful and pristine waters; it also kills the marine life which inhabits those waters. Pollution on a grand-scale is wreaking havoc on the Earth. The ocean is not an exception. In 1996‚ a bill‚ which would ban the dumping of dredge spoils in the Long Island Sound‚ was
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to face numerous serious problems associated with pollution. Pollution including air and water pollution may be defined as the result of human activities and natural factors has impacted on human health as well as environments (Wikipedia‚ 2010). This essay will discuss the rapid increasing pollution levels in the three cities of Bangkok‚ Bangladesh and Melbourne and analyze the approaches related to the strategies of government to alleviate pollution. It will then present the actions and cooperation
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“The acidification of the ocean today is bigger and faster than anything geologists can find in the fossil record over the past 65 million years” (Carl Zimmer). This is just an illustration regarding the tales of environmental degradation from carbon dioxide pollution in the ocean. The phenomenon of ocean acidification is imperative to understand; the reduction of essential pH levels over a protracted period of time is extremely harmful. In other words‚ ocean acidification can be measured by pH units
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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 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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Pollution Human beings have always caused some environmental pollution. Since prehistoric times‚ people have created waste. Like garbage today‚ this waste was either burned‚ tossed into waterways‚ buried‚ or dumped aboveground. However‚ the waste of early peoples was mostly food scraps and other substances that broke down easily by natural decay processes. Prehistoric populations were also much smaller and were spread out over large areas. As a result‚ pollution was less concentrated and caused
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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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Environmental pollution is the biggest menace to the human race on this planet today. The environment consists of earth‚ water‚ air‚ plants and animals. If we pollute the environment‚ the existence of man and nature will be hampered. Although most of people know that but they still destroy their own life. There a numerous kinds of environment pollution. However‚ I split it to 3 groups: water pollution‚ air pollution and soil pollution. Nowadays‚ the water of rivers and sea all over the worlds is
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