Water shortage: causes and solutions The development of human society depends much on a great variety of natural resources‚ and water is one of them. As is well known‚ water resource plays a vital role performs a significant function in our professional and daily life. However this resource has been being wasted or polluted in recent years due to industrial development and the explosion of population‚ which presents/poses a serious problem to us—water shortage. In the light of/given the immeasurable
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people’s attraction toward the mountaineering has increased a lot‚ by which number of climbers visiting Mount Everest has also been increased. Due to the increasing number of climbers in the Everest‚ pollution in and around the Everest has increased and it needs a special attention to prevent from the pollution. Everest attracts people of all around the world. In the past only few climbers who know well about the mountains used to come but today most of the interested people who have enough economic sources
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Effects of Human Activities on the Lake Ecosystem I. Introduction On the first exercise of the Environmental Biology class‚ the students have learned what an ecosystem is and what its significance to the survival of the living and non-living are through analysis of forest and agro-ecosystems. The ecosystem as the basic unit for ecological study (Evans‚ 1956) consists of the complex of interacting organisms inhabiting a region with all the non-living physical factors that make up their environment
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Index Page Subtitle Pictures/ tables 2 What is pollution Pic 1 3-4 Water pollution Pic 2 5 Major water pollutants Table 20-1 6-7 Solutions Pic 3 8 Air pollution Pic4 Table 2 9 The green house effect Pic 4 10 Land pollution Pic 4 Pic 5 / table 3 11 Conclusion 12 References What is pollution? the contamination of air‚ water‚ or soil by substances that are harmful to living organisms. Pollution can occur naturally‚ for example through volcanic eruptions
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fail to keep our environment clean; maintenance of which is far more vital as compared to our home? The term pollution means addition of any substance which alters the quality of the environment. Substances which cause pollution or alter the natural quality of the air‚ water and soil are called pollutants. Hence‚ pollution may be defined as the ‘contamination of the environment that causes harm to the health and survival of humans and other living organisms’. Therefore‚ there is a pressing need for
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WHAT IS ENVIRONMENT POLLUTION? The most appropriate definition of environmental pollution would be the introduction of different harmful pollutants into certain environment that make this environment unhealthy to live in. The most common pollutants are usually chemicals‚ garbage‚ and waste water. Environmental pollution is happening in many parts of the world‚ especially in form of air and water pollution. The best example for air pollution are some of China ’s cities‚ including capital Beijing
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POLLUTION The word‚ ’pollution’ means to make dirty. Pollution causes imbalance in the environment. Environmental pollution is a serious problem. Nearly 35 percent of India’s total land area is subject to serious environmental pollution. Industrialization has led to urbanization‚ which has added to the pollution problem. Air pollution is the most dangerous form of pollution. land and water pollution have worsened the situation. Pollution causes several types of harmful disease so we must control
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one had ever reached its summit? Since Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit in 1953‚ around 4‚000 others have conquered the mountain as well. Although this is a great achievement‚ there is a greater problem that deals with the pollution on Everest‚ such as gear and human waste that are left behind‚ which make it harder for climbers to climb this mountain. These issues change the way climbers may scale Everest in the future… In the informative source‚ “The World’s Highest Mountain”
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Just Tap It: The Negative Effects of Bottled Water “In Canada‚ bottled water consumption was estimated at 24.4 litres per person in 1999. By 2005‚ that had increased to about 60 litres per person‚ with sales worth $652.7 million” (CBC News‚ 2008). This dramatic increase in bottled water consumption does not come without severe repercussions and has caused a chain reaction of unfortunate events. Although easily available and terribly convenient‚ bottled water negatively effects the environment‚ is extremely
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reality or fiction One of the greatest problems that the world is facing today is that of environmental pollution‚ increasing with every passing year and causing grave and irreparable damage to the earth. Environmental pollution consists of five basic types of pollution‚ air‚ water‚ soil‚ noise and light. Air pollution is the most harmful form of pollution in our environment. Air pollution is cause by the injurious smoke emitted by cars‚ buses‚ trucks‚ trains‚ and factories‚ namely sulphur dioxide
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