take a deep breath. We know when our actions cause water pollution‚ for we can see for ourselves the quality of the water worsening. Similarly noise‚ light‚ visual pollution can all be monitored‚ because we can all see or sense these kinds of pollution. However‚ land pollution is a hard one to get since we do not understand and we cannot comprehend which of our actions cause destruction of land. What is Land Pollution? When the anthropogenic effects of development adversely affect land (especially
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A tsunami are the effect of a natural primary hazards meaning that they are a secondary hazard‚ mostly the result of tectonic activity. The Boxing Day tsunami was caused by the subduction of the indo-Australian plate boundary underneath the Eurasian plate (240km off the coast of Indonesia). In contrast‚ the Japan tsunami was caused by the Pacific Plate subducting under the North American plate. The Asian and the Japan tsunami’s both share the same magnitude‚ however the effects differ this can be
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a number of reasons why they commit the crime. But what are the real reasons they commit crimes and what causes them to do a crime as a juvenile. The most helpful sources I found was readingcraze.com and corrections.com. Readingcraze.com is about the causes and solutions of juvenile delinquency. It explains in different sections why teenagers commit the crime. Some of the most common causes of juvenile crime include:family‚ peer pressure and groups‚ personal reasons‚ and society. The first one
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Cause and Effects of Stress in Children Stress is a response to a factor or situation that negatively affects the physical‚ emotional‚ or psychological existence of a person. Stress is good in small quantities as it motivates a person making him/her more productive. However‚ too much stress is detrimental to a person. Stress can interfere with the general life of a person. Most people assume that stress only affects adults. However‚ statistics indicate that stress also affects children. Children
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Alcoholism: Symptoms‚ Causes‚ and Effects Composition I April 1‚ 1997 Alcoholism is a disease that affects many people in the United States today. It not only affects the alcoholic‚ but also their family‚ friends‚ co- workers‚ and eventually total strangers. The symptoms are many‚ as are the causes and the effects. Alcoholism is defined as a pattern of drinking in which harmful consequences result for the drinker‚ yet‚ they continue to drink. There are two types of drinkers. The first type
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Nowadays‚ European countries such as England‚ France‚ Germany‚ Belgium‚ and many other countries possess a colossal clout throughout the world. It is an impeccable fact that such countries‚ indeed‚ have served as a rudiment pivot and step for the world to be advanced to the point where we are since the Industrial Revolution. Such countries‚ because of it‚ without a doubt‚ have a crucial status globally and become the superpower and commercial hub on our planet. On the back side of their gleaming
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with the Battle of New Orleans afterwards. Within the war‚ there were many causes and effects. The main cause would be British impressment and the main effect is boosted moral. Although these impacts sound simple‚ they really are meaningful to our country’s history. Before the war‚ Britain and France were already enemies. Both countries wanted to cut off the supplies going to their enemy‚ and this started the first cause of the war. The British and the French started seizing our ships to prevent
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2/18/13 Cause and Effects of Forest Fires A cause and effect essay is an essay that tells what the cause of something is and what the effect will be. For example‚ excessive rain causes floods‚ whereas lack of rains causes drought. In this essay‚ I am going to discuss the causes and effects of forest fires. In California‚ wild fires burned 30‚660 acres‚ in year 2010. Forest fires either
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Global Warming: Causes and Effects The term “global warming” is often used synonymously with the term climate change‚ but the two terms have distinct meanings. Global Warming is a gradual increase in the earth’s temperature. Novdia explained that “global warming refers to the documented historical warming of the Earth’s surface‚ based upon worldwide temperature records that have been maintained by humans since the 1880s” (Global Warming). Global warming is a major crisis in the world today. Three
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Negative Effects of Media on Teenagers Hasan Kanchwala American University of Sharjah Negative Effects of Media on Teenagers Over the past decade‚ people have become quite dependent on media so as to get information about what is happening in the world around them. Among many other things‚ media includes magazines‚ newspapers and television‚ which provides users with information regarding recent developments and inventions‚ entertainment articles and much more. Nowadays‚ this information
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