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Pollution
Pollution is the process of giving out contaminants such as smoke and carbon dioxide, and too much of a certain product such as light, heat and sound that both cause harm to the environment.
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Is an environmental group that works to create awareness of pollution?
Greenpeace
(I just took a quiz that had this ? in it)
How do you prevent ocean dumping?
you can prevent ocean dumping by stopping the amount of trash being dumped in the ocean.. DUHHH
What made China so overpopulated?
in the more rural areas, back then and part of nowadays, farmers and such people had a lot of children because children would die of disease and they would need children to help them on the farm. and also they wanted a boy all the time to give them their family name. some families have so many children also for that reason.
Can M291 decontamination kit be used to remove vesicants for casualities?
The idea of the kit is to remove contaminants on the skin by process of wiping motion in one straight direction. This kit is also for external use only, it is best to avoid it from getting into the eyes, open kits, and also best to not inhale the powder.
What happened in the early 1800s to account for the rise in global warming?
The industrial revolution and all the factories ment greenhouse gases started being produced
What decontamination method goal is to remove contaminant as quickly as possible?
Immediate decontamination.
What is the harmful effects of carabaos?
Carabaos, or water buffaloes, can have harmful effects on the environment and human health if not managed properly. Their grazing can lead to overgrazing and soil degradation, particularly in fragile ecosystems. Additionally, their manure can contribute to water pollution if it contaminates local water sources. In certain regions, they can also transmit diseases to humans and other livestock if not properly cared for.
How do you create gold in alchemy?
you cannot create gold in alchemy it is just a myth.
Answer:
Alchemy was the forerunner of the modern science of chemistry. The Alchemists put most of their attention into figuring out two tasks - living forever and turning common metals into gold.
Both these tasks could be accomplished by (in their opinion) finding the Philosopher's Stone. Failing that they tried all manner of chants and spells featuring rare cstly and disgusting animal parts and poisons.
What impact would stricter car emission standards in the US most?
Cars would/will get more complicated/expensive. Performance will suffer due to engine sizes being reduced to meet the new regulations.
ability to alter the environment
Which river served as the most important river in early India?
In the ancient History of world, the first civilization known to mankind in India was the Indus civilization which perished on the banks of Indus (called Sindhu in native language) river.
But, mythologically and according to many ancient Hindu scriptures, The Ganges (Ganga in native language) plays the role of most important river.
Trash can save your future only if it is disposed of properly or recycled to make new things. If trash is disposed of properly, then landfills won't fill up.
No. I never lost money with Alex, but I never invested money. I handled his promotion and worked with him doing seminars. I did fine. My father in law at the time lost $10,000 on one of Alex's schemes. I always liked the guy as a friend, but not as a business investment!
What are some bad things about plastic?
"One bad thing about plastic is its bad for the enviroment. You should use reuse able things that isn't plastic. Most wastes biodegrade (compost) but plastics do not."
Plastic is not inherently "bad for the environment", it depends entirely on how you manage your plastics waste. If you carelessly go around throwing plastic bags and empty plastic containers onto the ground, then of course it's a problem. If you collect and recycle them then there isn't a problem. Synthetic plastics in the environment basically just sit there - they are not intrinsically toxic or harmful.
The comment "most wastes biodegrade but plastics do not" is complete nonsense. Firstly, plastics DO biodegrade, they just do it very slowly. Also, if you place paper (recycled paper or any other type) into a landfill site, THAT will not biodegrade for years either. The reason is simple - biodegradation requires oxygen, and the inside of landfill sites are basically oxygen-free. No bugs can survive there, so no paper can degrade.
The whole "use paper cups, they're more environmentally friendly" thing is pseudoscientfic claptrap. They key point is the way that you handle and manage the waste, not what the waste is made of.
What do you think when you hear the term less harmful to the environment?
modern aerosols that no longer contain CFC's. the CFC's contributed to ozone depletion.
Answer:
"Less harmful to the environment" is a set of weasel words. Nobody knows what the words mean but the listner should know the words are covering something up. "Less harmful" should make you ask "Than what" and "Can you prove that". "Harmful" itself should make you wonder what harm is noted, as an example hand grenades are less harmful than atomic bombs but can kill you just as dead. The "environment" is so open to interpretation that it means nothing at all.
One should also wonder why the speaker has latched onto the environmental aspect to sell you his product. The fact that he is in the business of sellingsomething that still harms the environment (and potentially you) makes his motives questionable.
How long does a bottle water last?
If you look on a bottel of water, you will clearly see that a bottle of water only lasts 2-5 years:Tightly capped. The water will not go bad, However the bottle will. It will break down by UV light and become brittle. The expiration date is just a safety precaution because plastic is not a permanent anti=bacterial storage device.
It is all chemical-made in a laboratory. Its not like cow manure which is natural.
Artificial fertilizers are those produced by the chemical industry, as opposed to the organic or mineral fertilizers. Not organic as in organic farming, but organic as in carbon-based animal or vegetal organism, like manure.
For instance, the nitrogen in artificial fertilizers used to come from oil, it is now extracted mostly from natural gas and comes in liquid or dry powder/pellet forms, mixed with other substances, mostly phosphorus and phosphates, in different (NPK) ratios according to the culture you are growing.
Pure chemical elements are easy to obtain in powder form, so artificial fertilizers also include other macronutrients such as calcium or magnesium, and micronutrients which are other mostly metallic elements, for instance boron, manganese and zinc, which are critical for the well-being of the plants, even though they are needed only in very small quantity.
Artificial fertilizers include only the pure and bare essential elements, whereas these elements make up a minor part of organic fertilizers, where the carbon-based elements represent the major part and serve to form humus, an essential part of the living soil. This is the reason why artificial fertilizers are described as washing out the top-soil and encouraging erosion and pollution of the aquifers and water ways, especially after a hard rain. A soil with no humus to absorb the water will erode quickly. Most American agricultural soil countrywide has lost several feet of top soil over the last century, most of which now lies on the ocean floor.
All forms of artificial fertilizers are prohibited in organic farming, which relies on a sustainable cultivation cycle, or, in the case of intensive organic farming, on external inputs that are supposedly local and as much sustainable as possible.
Agriculture being artificial by definition, it is not always possible to avoid inputs from non-renewable sources, such as calcium mined from mineral deposits, but these are not artificial and therefore tolerated.
Artificial fertilizers are those produced by the chemical industry, as opposed to the organic or mineral fertilizers. Not organic as in organic farming, but organic as in carbon-based animal or vegetal organism, like manure.
For instance, the nitrogen in artificial fertilizers used to come from oil, it is now extracted mostly from natural gas and comes in liquid or dry powder/pellet forms, mixed with other substances, mostly phosphorus and phosphates, in different (NPK) ratios according to the culture you are growing.
Pure chemical elements are easy to obtain in powder form, so artificial fertilizers also include other macronutrients such as calcium or magnesium, and micronutrients which are other mostly metallic elements, for instance boron, manganese and zinc, which are critical for the well-being of the plants, even though they are needed only in very small quantity.
Artificial fertilizers include only the pure and bare essential elements, whereas these elements make up a minor part of organic fertilizers, where the carbon-based elements represent the major part and serve to form humus, an essential part of the living soil. This is the reason why artificial fertilizers are described as washing out the top-soil and encouraging erosion and pollution of the aquifers and water ways, especially after a hard rain. A soil with no humus to absorb the water will erode quickly. Most American agricultural soil countrywide has lost several feet of top soil over the last century, most of which now lies on the ocean floor.
All forms of artificial fertilizers are prohibited in organic farming, which relies on a sustainable cultivation cycle, or, in the case of intensive organic farming, on external inputs that are supposedly local and as much sustainable as possible.
Agriculture being artificial by definition, it is not always possible to avoid inputs from non-renewable sources, such as calcium mined from mineral deposits, but these are not artificial and therefore tolerated.
