Background The overuse of plastics in today’s society has become major environmental issue for our oceans. Plastic pollution is the dumping‚ littering‚ or disposing of any type of man-made plastic that has been produced and has ended up in our ocean and has not been recycled. History of Plastic "Plastic" entered the world through chemistry in 1909 and was originally coined to describe Bakelite‚ the first fully synthetic resin. What make’s plastic so unique is when it is heated it can be molded
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Light pollution happened slowly at first which was several decades ago it was a process that was hardly noticeable. A light here‚ a light there‚ burning way into the dark nighttime realm‚ helping us see in the darkness when people all their our beds fast asleep. The process still continues today‚ with little thought ever given to what we are stealing away. Our intentions are good but our methods need adjustment‚ and they needs to be done immediately. In fact‚ our methods should have been changed
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I.J.S.N.‚ VOL.4 (4) 2013: 668-672 ISSN 2229 – 6441 STUDY ON NOISE POLLUTION OF INDUSTRIALIZED AND URBANIZED TOWNS LIKE RABAKAVI AND BANAHATTI OF BAGALKOT DISTRICT‚ KARNATAKA STATE‚ INDIA Basavaraj M. Kalshetty & Basappa I. Karalatti Commerce‚ BHS Arts and TGP Science College Jamkhandi‚ District Bagalkot‚ Karnataka state‚ India. ABSTRACT The modern civilization creates more and more noise‚ because of the development of Industries‚ machinery and Technology. It has been reported that
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Dark Room * Welcome to River Safari‚ Asia first’s & only river-themed wildlife park. * At River Safari‚ we bring you closer to freshwater ecosystem to experience the amazing diversity of the natural world. * Freshwater have been and still are‚ infinitely important to human civilization in many form * Do you know that 45% of fish species are found in freshwater? However due to over exploitation‚ pollution and habitat destruction‚ we are losing the freshwater species faster than
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General Education I-A Submitted to: Mrs. Josefa Deyto Professor Pollution is said to be one of those problems that our environment is facing right now‚ due to its harmful effects to everyone and also to our atmosphere. We have different kinds or types of pollution; we have pollution in land‚ in water and in air. We all know that these came from pollutants which were produced by human. Some of these are wood burning to produce
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biological materials that cause harm or discomfort to humans or other living organisms‚ or cause damage to the natural environment or built environment‚ into the atmosphere‚ is called Air Pollution. The atmosphere is a complex dynamic natural gaseous system that is essential to support life on planet Earth. Air pollution threatens our lives. In the major cities in Seoul‚ South Korea; Jakarta‚ Indonesia; Taipei‚ Taiwan; Beijing‚ China; and Bangkok‚ Thailand that the result of air sampling of that particular
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Air pollution is the introduction into the atmosphere of chemicals‚ particulates‚ or biological materials that cause discomfort‚ disease‚ or death to humans‚ damage other living organisms such as food crops‚ or damage the natural environment or built environment. The atmosphere is a complex dynamic natural gaseous system that is essential to support life on planet Earth. Stratospheric ozone depletion due to air pollution has long been recognized as a threat to human health as well as to the Earth’s ecosystems
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country indicate their pitch in decibel in the nosiest areas of corresponding cities‚ e.g. Delhi- 80 db‚ Kolkata - 87‚Bombay-85‚ Chennai-89 db etc. 3 Sources of Noise Pollution:- Noise pollution like other pollutants is also a by- product of industrialization‚ urbanizations and modern civilization. Broadly speaking ‚ the noise pollution has two sources‚ i.e. industrial and non- industrial. The industrial source includes the noise from various industries and big machines working at a very high speed
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“POVERTY AND POLLUTION” In the Article Poverty and Pollution‚ there are many things being discuss such as poverty‚ pollution‚ harmful gases‚ the percentage of infant mortality and how nearly 13‚000 suffer from respiratory disease. Many residents are suffering from different/variety of health problem as an result. These problems are very serious and dangerous. The people over in Brazil’s “valley of death” are having difficulties breathing and could die if there’s nothing done about the situation
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social classes. In Latin America‚ social classes were based on privilege. Peninsulares were on top‚ followed by Creoles‚ then Mestizos and Mulattos‚ and on the bottom‚ Native Indians and Black Slaves. Ganga Zumba was affected by some of these things and he had a different life from others of the time. Ganga Zumba had an interesting life. He was born in the Kingdom of Kongo‚ in present day Angola‚ Cabinda. Zumba was African American. He lived from 1630 to 1678‚ so had a good life of fifty-eight years
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