ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION Developmental activities such as construction‚ transportation and manufacturing not only deplete the natural resources but also produce large amount of wastes that leads to pollution of air‚ water‚ soil‚ and oceans; global warming and acid rains. Untreated or improperly treated waste is a major cause of pollution of rivers and environmental degradation causing ill health and loss of crop productivity. In this lesson you will study about the major causes of pollution‚ their effects
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Pigeon River Pollution The Pigeon River flows through North Carolina and right here into East Tennessee. The Pigeon River got its name from an extinct bird‚ which migrated through the valley of North Carolina. Although‚ the Pigeon River looks nice‚ there is something extremely harmful going on inside the river. The long-polluted Pigeon River in Cocke County has not been “fishable” or “swimmable” for over 100 years due to pollution. The river’s water has turned dark brown‚ and has a terrible
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Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies (e.g. lakes‚ rivers‚ oceans and groundwater). Water pollution occurs when pollutants are discharged directly or indirectly into water bodies without adequate treatment to remove harmful compounds. Water pollution affects plants and organisms living in these bodies of water; and‚ in almost all cases the effect is damaging not only to individual species and populations‚ but also to the natural biological communities. Introduction [pic] Millions
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Determining the Causes and Effects of Water Pollution in Lake Huron Sandra Mack Professor Pamela Van Hook Strayer University- English 115 June 06‚ 2013 Introduction: Lake Huron is one of the five Great Lakes in North America and also serves as one of the largest freshwater systems on the earth itself. Lake Huron‚ being such a huge source of fresh water‚ also holds numerous amounts of wildlife. For a long time‚ the Great Lakes have served as a
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Effect of Turbidity on the Abundance of Riffle Beetles Introduction: In this study‚ the goal is to determine the effect of turbidity on the abundance of riffle beetles. Those that are carrying out the experiment will learn what effects that low and high turbidity have on riffle beetle abundance. It is important to there to be research on this in order to know what the effects will be on riffle beetles because they are good detectors of pollution. This can help one to understand what level of turbidity
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resource issue is water pollution. There is an astonishing seventy percent of water covering the earth’s surface. That is a very substantial amount of water with an equal amount of water pollution opportunity. The definition of water pollution is the contamination of water bodies. Any variation of lakes‚ oceans‚ rivers‚ and groundwater are vulnerable to various bacteria and chemical compounds. There are many origins that water pollution can derive from. Man made pollution practice are the most
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GRADUATE COURSES OF ALL BRANCHES OF HIGHER EDUCATION Vision The importance of environmental science and environmental studies cannot be disputed. The need for sustainable development is a key to the future of mankind. Continuing problems of pollution‚ loss of forget‚ solid waste disposal‚ degradation of environment‚ issues like economic productivity and national security‚ Global warming‚ the depletion of ozone layer and loss of biodiversity have made everyone aware of environmental issues. The
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TERM PAPER LEPTOSPIROSIS ANS WATER POLLUTION NAME: NURUL AMIRA BT MAT JUSOH MATRIC NO: FIS 1207-2682 DATE: 5th APRIL 2013 GROUP: 7B INSTRUCTOR: MR MAHATHIR LEPTOSPIROSIS IN MALAYSIA INTRODUCTION Leptospirosis is most common in tropical areas of the world. However‚ it is becoming increasingly widespread in urban areas that have low levels of sanitation‚ such as in poor areas of large cities in the developing world. Most cases of leptospirosis are sporadic (infrequent)‚ although large
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were built-upon‚ streams darkened because of pollution. Pollution can appear as synthetic substances or energy‚ for example‚ sound‚ temperature or light‚ we can define pollution as the act of making something impure and often unsafe or unsuitable for use caused by people. Although some people live in a highly polluted city‚ there are several arguments that explain the danger of living there‚ among which are air pollution‚ water pollution‚ soil pollution and the quality of life. The
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industrialization‚ infrastructure development...are contributing to increase stress on the natural resource base in Viet Nam today. The paper highlighted those stresses : the rural exodus to the cities due to scarce land resources in the countryside‚ the pollution problems in the urban environment‚ the migration of people to forested areas with direct impacts including the deforestation‚ the watershed degradation and the loss of biodiversity. Striking a balance between population growth and conserving the
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