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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economic super power‚ which already has an enormous environmental footprint. a. Research the impact of fossil fuels emission from motor vehicles on human health. Summarize your findings. Fossil fuel emission from motor vehicles as an outdoor air pollution produces pollutants in the air which leads to negative impacts on human health. (Climate Change and Health‚ 2010). These pollutants mainly include carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2). The toxic pollutant nitrogen dioxide is ejected in
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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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data influence our perception of how developed a country is? According to the Oxford dictionary‚ data is “facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis‚”[1] Society tends to think that the western world or MEDC’s are more developed than the eastern world or LEDC’s generally but this information can be resulted to being misleading or inconsistent. I think data has an influence on how we perceive a country by whether or not it is developed from statistics like birth rate‚ death
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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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Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies such as lakes‚ rivers‚ oceans and beaches. This occurs when large factories dump their waste products into the water. Water has the ability to carry many pathogens and bacteria. Because of this‚ water is responsible for many deaths and illnesses. This fact was discovered a long time ago when many people fell sick‚ and after tests‚ it was realized this was because of the drinking water. People‚ even back in the ancient times‚ would suddenly become ill
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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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introduction Noise pollution is the disturbing or excessive noise that may harm the activity or balance of human or animal life. The source of most outdoor noise worldwide is mainly caused bymachines and transportation systems‚ motor vehicles‚ aircraft‚ and trains.[1][2] Outdoor noise is summarized by the word environmental noise. Poor urban planning may give rise to noise pollution‚ since side-by-side industrial and residential buildings can result in noise pollution in the residential areas.
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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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