Air and Water Pollution: The Gulf Oil Spill Stephanie Wolf University of Phoenix ENV/100 Principles of Environmental Science Cyraj El-Bakoush On April 20‚ 2010‚ BP’s oil rig Deepwater Horizon blew up in the Gulf of Mexico‚ killing 11 people and unleashing more than 200 million gallons of oil into the water (Sakashita‚ N.D.). The spill oiled more than 1‚000 miles of shoreline and a study from the Center for Biological
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legal action against the UK due to the excessive levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in the air and for breaching its obligation to reduce these levels by 2010. Of the 43 zones in the UK‚ 40 exceed the standard set by the European Air Pollution Directive in 1999 to take effect in 2010. The Directive states if the deadline has not been met‚ an extension can be granted upon the approval of submitted air quality plans. Air quality plans have been submitted for the majority of these zones‚ but there remain 16
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known as air is a mixture‚ not a chemical combination‚ of a number of gases; that is‚ each gas retains its own characteristic properties. It consists of about 78 percent nitrogen; 21 percent oxygen‚ and carries along with it water vapor‚ clouds‚ dust‚ smoke‚ soot‚ and a variety of chemical compounds. The remaining one percent contains all the other gases including carbon monoxide‚ carbon dioxide‚ ozone‚ methane‚ and ammonia that contribute to harmful pollutants that are released into the air. Millions
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HK’s air pollution is affecting its position as a financial hub and a tourist destination Ask any of the Hong Kong residents. There is no surprise to hear them saying the smog hiding Hong Kong’s once blue skies has been getting thicker over the last decade. Indeed‚ Bloomberg recently reported that air pollution in Hong Kong has been soaring since 2007. In 2011‚ the crowded state recorded 175 days of “very high” pollution– more than double the figure from four years prior. How is the declining
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Charles W. Adams BIO-220 Environmental Science 10/16/2011 Trent McDowell Great GCU title area‚ word count and page number. Water Pollution I. Introduction (your don ’t have to keep the outline format) Clean water is a necessity to have in order to support a healthy environment. Care must be taken to protect our water sources from chemical plants‚ businesses‚ cargo and cruise ships‚ and people so that humans‚ animals‚ and marine life can have clean water. II. Thesis Statement (this would
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I just came back from a business trip this weekend. It was the first time I worked as a “coordinator” for my company. I learned a lot and got “business culture shock” as well. I am not sure if there is the term in English. I just felt I was in another world that I had to speak another language and used another way of thinking especially in business meetings. For example‚ my boss blamed me that I shouldn’t have said “sorry” if he hadn’t said that. In my opinion‚ in Japan‚ it’s very common to
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12 The Effects of Air Pollutants on Vegetation and the Role of Vegetation in Reducing Atmospheric Pollution Iuliana Florentina Gheorghe1 and Barbu Ion2 1Ecological University of Bucharest‚ Faculty of Ecology and Environmental Protection 2Forest Research and Management Institute Romania 1. Introduction The main air pollutants are represented by gases forms‚ particles in suspension‚ different ionizing radiation and noise. The gases forms are: oxidized and reduced forms of carbon (CO2‚ CO‚ CH4)‚ of
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Sound Pollution 1.1) Causes of sound pollution 1.2) Effects of sound pollution 1.2.1) Human health effects 1.2.2) Environmental effects 1.2.3) Property effects 1.3) Solutions for sound pollution 5-11 2) Water Pollution 2.1) Causes of water pollution 2.2) Effect of water pollution 2.3) Solutions for water pollution 12-15 3) Land Pollution 3.1) Causes of land pollution 3.2) Effect of land pollution 3.3) Solutions for land pollution 16-20 4) Air Pollution 4.1) Causes of land pollution 4.2)
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Most people do not realize that atmospheric pollution (also known as air pollution) is a very serious global problem. There are a great number of air pollutants that are basically caused from natural resources. Most of the pollutants are mankind. There are seven air pollutants that are at greater risk to our environment‚ which are the following: particulate matter (made up of acids‚ organic chemicals‚ metals‚ soils‚ and dust particles)‚ nitrogen oxides (made by highly reactive gasses that contain
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Qualities of a good boss In order to have a good administration from different companies what people need is a really good boss. If the boss is the most important person in a job‚ the employers and customers are looking for someone who qualifies with certain aspects. A boss is a person who is trying to provide a good environment; however‚ a boss does not work alone but he/she is the head and example for the team. Moreover‚ there are several qualities to being a good boss. First of all‚ a boss
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