Pollution - Environmental pollution is any discharge of material or energy into water‚ land‚ or air that causes or may cause acute (short-term) or chronic (long-term) detriment to the Earth ’s ecological balance or that lowers the quality of life. Pollutants may cause primary damage‚ with direct identifiable impact on the environment‚ or secondary damage in the form of minor perturbations in the delicate balance of the biological food web that are detectable only over long time periods. Until relatively
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Light pollution Light pollution‚ also known as photo pollution or luminous pollution‚ is excessive artificial light. This phenomenon is pronounced around urban centers‚ where city lights diminish the view of stars and planets. In addition to brightened skies around cities‚ light pollution also refers to any outdoor light that creates glare and interferes with the natural night environment. Cause Light pollution results from outdoor lights aimed
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Air pollution Air pollution is a problem everywhere in the world. Local air pollution usually affects big cities. Air pollution becomes a worldwide problem when local pollution moves away from where it came from. For example‚ winds carry air pollution made in the middle of the western part of the United States to Canada‚ like acid precipitation. Acid precipitation Acid precipitation is precipitation‚ like rain‚ sleet‚ or snow‚ that contains acids from air pollution. When fossil fuels are burned
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Air Pollution Air pollution is very bad. We should regulate the excretion of air pollution from combustion engines and factories. Air pollution is contaminated air. It is both a health hazard and an environmental hazard. There are several ways how air pollution is bad‚ but there are also ways to help decontaminate or at least lower some of the pollution. Many people know about air pollution‚ but not everyone knows how hazardous it really is. According to the Environmental Protection Agency
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Marine Pollution Marine Pollution is a major problem that is among issues of discussions around the world today. There is an increasing awareness made‚ especially across the Asia and pacific region these days. This problem is a major concern because the marine environment is a dumping ground of unwanted waste materials. This has initiated dialogue to mobilize careful considerations in strategies of overcoming this problem. This essay will argue that marine pollution should be addressed immediately
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What Is Soil Pollution? Soil pollution comprises the toxic waste of soils with resources‚ mostly chemicals that are out of place or are present at concentrations advanced than normal which may have unpleasant effects on humans or other organisms. However‚ soil pollution is also caused by resources other than the undeviating addition of man-made chemicals such as undeveloped runoff waters‚ industrial waste materials‚ acidic precipitates‚ and radioactive clash. Both organic and inorganic contaminants
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2013 Light Pollution Sin City‚ better known as Las Vegas‚ full of its twinkling bright lights and flashing advertisements at night‚ is a huge tourist attraction. However‚ can you look up at the desert sky and see the Milky Way? The answer to this question is no. The light pollution in Vegas is so strong that it can be seen from outer space. Light Pollution is misdirected and misused light. This results from an inappropriate application of exterior lighting products. Light Pollution comes in different
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Environmental Pollution at Hindustan Lever’s Kodaikanal Plant In mid-2004‚ Hindustan Lever Ltd (HLL) executives looked back at the events of the past three years at their mercury thermometer factory in Kodaikanal in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu. After mercury leakage from the plant had been reported in March 2001‚ heavy expenditure had been incurred in environmental risk assessment‚ waste disposal and health monitoring. The expenditure had exceeded the total profits generated by the plant
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Project on Air Pollution BIO-103.3 Summer 2013 Prepared for: Dr. S.M. Mostafa Kamal Khan (SKK) Introduction to Pollution: What is Pollution? Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that causes 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. Air Pollution: Air pollution is the introduction
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Vehicle Pollution Introduction Urban areas - both developed and developing countries‚ this predominately mobile or vehicular pollution that contributes to air quality problems. All motor vehicles exhaust fumes coming out of the tailpipe when the engine is running mostly through the air pollution issue. Tailpipe emissions of vehicle engines burning fuel‚ the products are emitted from vehicle exhaust system. Vehicular pollution is the worst thing about that as vehicular emissions at ground
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