Air Pollution To understand pollution of air‚ some knowledge of the atmosphere is required. Atmosphere is a layer consisting of a few gases surrounding the planet earth and is vital for the survival of life on earth. The atmosphere protects earth from abrupt temperature fluctuations from the powerful ultra violet radiation coming from the sun. The atmosphere is made up of nitrogen 78%‚oxygen 21%‚argon 0.9%‚carbon dioxideo0.03% and small amount of trace gases ‚helium ‚neon‚ krypton‚ xenon‚ hydrogen
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CASE STUDY ON POLLUTION IN VELLORE: SOURCES AND MEASURES TO CHECK IT. SOURCES AND METHODS TO REDUCE POLLUTION IN VELLORE Shraddha Sahu and Akshay Ahuja B.tech- Electronics and communication Engg.‚ SENSE‚ VIT UNIVERSITY‚ Vellore‚ Tamil Nadu – 632014 Email id- shraddha.sahu2012@vit.ac.in ABSTRACT: Vellore‚ also known as ‘fort city’ and a historical destination in southernmost India ‚ is one of the
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everywhere and become plastic pollution. As plastic is buoyant‚ it easily blows from garbage dumps or even flows through river that eventually moves through the sea. According to Australian Marine Conservation Society (2013b)‚ when plastics are in the ocean‚ it will slowly breaks down in to smaller pieces and being eaten by animals that live at the bottom or even to the birds that flies and eat the floating plastic debris. Causes: Plastic pollution is the environmental problem that has been the issue
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The Effect of Dams on Reservoir Sedimentation and Environmental Flow A dam is a barrier‚ obstruction or blockade built for the sole purpose of storing water. There are many uses for these systems‚ including its combination with hydropower‚ and the re-distribution of the deposited water. The benefits of the dam are very valuable to everyday life. They provide flood control‚ water supply‚ fishing hydroelectric power‚ recreation and more. But just as we figure out how to improve energy efficiency
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Sea Pollution The pollution of the ocean is rapidly becoming a crucial problem on Earth. The major causes of sea pollution are oil spills‚ toxic waste‚ and dumping of other harmful materials into the ocean. This pollution will directly affect the living organisms in the ocean and indirectly affect human’s health and resources. We‚ as humans‚ should learn more about these in order to have the knowledge on how to solve this problem effectively. Oil spill is perhaps the most publicly acknowledged
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Plastic Pollution Introduction The world population is living‚ working‚ vacationing‚ increasingly conglomerating along the coasts‚ and standing on the front row of the greatest‚ most unprecedented‚ plastic waste tide ever faced. Washed out on our coasts in obvious and clearly visible form‚ the plastic pollution spectacle blatantly unveiling on our beaches is only the prelude of the greater story that unfolded further away in the the world’s oceans‚ yet mostly originating from where we stand: the
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Pollution Prevention 1 Pollution Prevention 2 Finding ways to reduce pollution through reducing or eliminating waste at the source by modifying production processes‚ promoting the use of non-toxic or less-toxic substances‚ implementing conservation techniques‚ and re-using materials rather than putting them into the waste stream is extremely important to future generations. The advancement of all-inclusive pollution avoidance and lessening program that
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make choices that have a negative impact on water and the creatures that live in and near water. This negative impact is called water pollution. Ningthoujam Sandhyarani wrote that ‚ “Water pollution is an undesirable change in the water contaminated with harmful substances.” (Sandhyarani‚ n.d.) It is one of the most major forms of pollution‚ second only to air pollution. Every year‚ 1.2 trillion gallons of polluted water are discarded into United States waters and once water is polluted‚ it is complicated
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Water pollution in China started with industrial development and has become more one of the most devastating environmental problems faced by the country today. From the chart‚ we can see that as the country’s GDP rises‚ the volume of wastewater discharge increases as well. This suggests that to achieve a rise in GDP‚ the environment has to be sacrificed. The reason for this is that wastewater treatment techniques and facilities have fallen far behind from the growth of industrial production and
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Argentina: Like other countries Argentina suffers from environmental degradation. The main threats to its biodiversity and landscapes are deforestation and pollution. In Argentina‚ there are many environmental issues that include air pollution‚ inaccessibility‚ dissatisfaction with garbage disposal‚ dirtiness‚ water pollution etc. One of the biggest factors of pollution in Argentina would be air pollution‚ which to a certain extend is caused by the society. Despite knowing that transport
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