and vehicles‚ and made worse by the regional pollution‚ Hong Kong in most of the days seems wrapped in a grey shroud to a point that‚ you cannot make out from the Central waterfront the buildings on the other side. Urban area is routinely attacked by haze and people have nothing to do but grudgingly live with dust they will never get rid of. The situation becomes so severe that everyone couldn’t turn a deaf ear to it. The effects caused by air pollution are no longer something negligible. Research
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Name: He‚Shuyao Date: Feb‚ 14th Course: Problem solution Final Draft Air Pollution There is no need to recount the litany of how serious the environmental problem. Just think of the gloomy sky and the bad air‚ and you will know how urgent it is to protect our environment. However‚ few people will react to it in actions. For instance‚ many people know that the increasing car use has generated various air pollution problems‚ but they prefer buying their own cars. Because they think cars are convenient
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“Light Pollution” is a form of environmental pollution in which excessive artificial outdoor lightings affect the natural environment. Light pollution in Hong Kong is very serious. The main reason behind that are the artificial outdoor lightings. As there are many buildings scattered in Hong Kong‚ artificial lighting is omnipresent. The severe light pollution reduces the number of stars that are visible in the sky. The HKSAR Electrical and Mechanical Services Department‚ 20% of the total electrical
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Environmental pollution is not a new fact. It is one of the biggest problems the world faces today. It is a big matter which is disturbing us economically‚ physically and our normal life. According to the Scott Forseman‚ pollution is defined as the addition of any substance of form of energy to the environment at a rate faster than the environment can accommodate it by dispersion‚ decomposition‚ recycling or storage in some harmless forms. Our precious earth is daily polluted in a variety of ways
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A Wireless Mobile Manufacturing Company David Woo‚ Holly Wong A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Applied Science in Industrial Engineering Supervisor: Viliam Makis Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering University of Toronto March 2007 Abstract This thesis project is the focus of our final year MIE496Y1Y thesis course. The purpose of the thesis course is to allow students to pursue an area of technical interest
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Air Pollution Anthony Hampton Everest University Environmental Science There are many different types of air pollution‚ either way none of them are good for our health or our atmosphere. Air pollution has gotten worse through the years‚ the more factories we have and the cars we drive have had an impact on the earth. Smog is one of the types of air pollution‚ it is defined when smoke is present in the earth after emitting different sources. That is why
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1312 - 34 26 April 2013 Water Pollution: Pollutants & Solutions Imagine swimming out of a narrow cavern following a scrumptious meal‚ and you come to realize it was poisonous. You begin to drown as your life slowly fades right before your very eyes; this is not a frightening hallucination. Everyday‚ schools of fish are unaware that their meals are products of millions of tiny pieces of garbage‚ assimilated. This is one of the many consequences of water pollution‚ which is the contamination of
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Air pollution is one of the virtual problem nowadays. There are many reasons of it but mostly it is caused by cars‚ growing cities‚ development of economy and industrialization. Clean air consist of several gases. When some other gases or dangerous elements get into the clean air‚ pollution is inevitable. Ozone layer is affected too much by pollution and it will cause serious disturbances on the environment. People are the main cause of pollution because the things that we use contain dangerous
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Vehicular Pollution problems in India There are three broad sources of air pollution from human activities: stationary or point‚ mobile‚ and indoor. In developing countries especially in the rural area‚ indoor air pollution from using open fires for cooking and heating may be a serious problem. Industries‚ power plants etc. are the cause of stationary air pollution. But in urban areas both developing and developed countries‚ it is predominately mobile or vehicular pollution that contributes to
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Water Pollution Water pollution is the contamination of bodies of water such as ponds‚ lakes‚ oceans‚ rivers and even groundwater. Water pollution is mainly caused by many human activities‚ which can be harmful to animals and plants which live in these bodies of water are located. Nature also takes its toll on water pollution such as volcanoes‚ severe storms‚ and earthquakes also cause major changes in the quality of water. Water is typically considered to be polluted when it’s impaired
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