INTRODUCTION Pollution is the introduction of a contaminant into a natural environment‚ usually by humans. While most people think of pollution as chemical waste dumped into rivers‚ or factories spewing toxins into the air‚ it can also include light pollution or sound pollution. These are example of pollutions such as air pollution‚ water pollution and land pollution. Firstly‚ the air pollution is the accumulation in the atmosphere of substances that‚ in sufficient concentrations‚ endanger
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Environmental Pollution Samantha Arrieta SCI/256 November 5‚ 2013 Analila Lucero Environmental Pollution As an associate-level environmental scientist‚ many concerns have risen in regards to the environmental‚ climate‚ economical and social consequences. Because of overpopulated cities‚ there have been some negative factors. The focus to address these issues could be in addressing the weaknesses in already existing laws with stronger enforcement. In the following‚ I will present a summary
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Batangas City have passed a City ordinance about the protection of the environment and natural resources. The ordinance aims to control the use of plastic bags‚ Styrofoam and other things harmful to the environment. And instead of these things the use of eco-friendly technology is promoted in the city. As a part of the constituents of Batangas City‚ the researchers come up with the study of the effects of the Batangas City E-code to Batangas State University. This study will discuss the effects of the
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Air pollution by Chris Woodford. Last updated: September 14‚ 2014. There’s nothing quite like opening the door and breathing fresh‚ clean‚ air—but how clean is the air you’re breathing right now? Unless you’re a scientist with a chemistry lab at your fingertips‚ there’s no real way of knowing. The gases you’re sucking up through your nose could be slowly killing you: according to the World Health Organization‚ around two million people die prematurely from the effects of polluted air every
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Nuclear weapons cause unimaginable death and destruction. Without a doubt‚ these are the most powerful weapons mankind has ever built. However‚ there is also a scientific side to this weaponry which Teddy Roosevelt may have indeed called very big sticks. Nuclear weapons work by releasing the enormous amounts of energy that are contained in the bonds of atoms. The bonds of atoms can be broken in two ways. The first way is by fission‚ and the second way is by fusion. Fission works by the splitting
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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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VIETNAM FORESTRY UNIVERSITY WATER POLLUTION NOWADAYS As a matter of fact‚ water covers over 70% of Earth’s surface and it’s a very important resource for people and the environment. But nowadays‚ water is polluted. And water pollution affects drinking water‚ rivers‚ lakes and oceans all over the world. This consequently harms human health and the natural environment . If we don’t have any methods to prevent water resource from polluting‚ we will not have enough water to use in the future.
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Water Polution definiton: Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies (e.g. lakes‚ rivers‚ oceans‚ aquifers and groundwater). Water pollution occurs whenpollutants are directly or indirectly discharged into water bodies without adequate treatment to remove harmful compounds. Water pollution affects plants and organisms living in these bodies of water. In almost all cases the effect is damaging not only to individual species and populations‚ but also to
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Marine Ecosystem: EMCBTAP-ENVIS N Marine Pollution: Causes and Consequences Pollution of the world’s oceans is quickly becoming a major problem on Earth. We know very little about the effect that pollution has on the oceans‚ but we continue to dispose off chemicals‚ sewage and garbage into it at an unprecedented rate. Most people likely do not even know what types of pollutants reach the oceans. There may be billions of people unconcerned about ocean pollution and hence this problem. Truly‚ the
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the United States‚ the nation has experienced a tremendous amount of urban growth with the creation of numerous large mecca cities‚ interconnected highways and a boom with the ever-changing technology that becomes more available to society. While technology has simplified and helped our nation tremendously‚ this is just one aspect of the issue of urban sprawl in big cities across America. In recent years‚ the rapid expansion of metropolitan areas has been termed “urban sprawl‚” which refers to
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