What percentage pollution is in your atmosphere?
Really, it depends on what kind of pollution, and how much there is. If there is a lot of pollution, and it is very strong, then the percent should be more than 50%. If there is not much, and it is not very strong, less than 40%.
How does water pollution affect society?
Water pollution affects society by regulating the food supply. Water pollution also affects the amount of drinking water available for human and agricultural consumption.
for your information no one is bad think before you speak you never know what could happen next season
I arsenal are the third best team in english history then goes chelsea it's united liverpool arsenal and chelsea why does everyone victimises arsenal fans u could be in that position and you will see how it feels it's unlikely tho but my point still stands no offence
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Where is the most ocean pollution?
This question needs a definition of the word "polluted" which can mean many things - from total dissolved solids to most harmful to life to most opaque to most hydrocarbons - you get the idea.
The Kara Sea in the Russian high Arctic would be a good candidate due to the radioactive wastes from former soviet warships.
What is the environmental impacts of extracting or refining uranium ore?
1. Uranium is a possible polluting agent of the natural environment.
2. Uranium is a toxic and a radioactive chemical element.
3. Uranium release radium and radon.
4. Radioactive wastes are dangerous and need to be isolated.
What activity produces the most organic water pollution?
What happens if the water you have becomes polluted?
The consequences of water pollution are grave. Toxic water will not only harm plant and animal live in rivers, streams, lakes and oceans, but this harm will continue up the food chain to humans. Drinking polluted water can cause illness which leads to death. Eating food raised on, or in, toxic water can cause illnesses leading to death as well.
What mode of transport causes the most pollution?
The mode of transport whihch gives off the least would be walking, cycling or running but otherwise it would be the humble bus as the more people it carries, the more that the amount of pollution per person decreases. The 2nd would be a moped.
What happens when acid rain causes rocks to dissolve?
It only happens on limestone and gypsum, and the result is karst landscape including limestonepavement andcaves.
Rain water is naturally acid from absorbed atmospheric carbon dioxide, and the calcium carbonate is precipitated as that from the solution. E.g. kettle scale.
Acidity from sulphur dioxide will hasten the process very, very slightly - and produce gypsum (calcium sulphate). This is exploited in flue-gas de-sulphurisers fitted to coal-burning power-stations. Gypsum is harmless - it does occur as a rock - butis also the main ingredient of plaster.
How do scrubbers remove harmful emissions from industrial smokestacks?
There are several different types:
Wet: Typically scrubbers are big round vertical tanks. The polluted gas stream flows upward through a media (think packing peanuts, but heavy plastic) as a downward flow of water washes the gas stream. This is a very typical and fairly effective way to remove pollutants. Facilities can achieve 95% removal efficencies IF the are monitoring their scrubbing conditions, such as pH and adding any reagents necessary for optimization.
Dry: Bag houses are a bunch of giant vacumn cleaner looking bags to physically filter the air. A shaker system shakes the bags, or changes the airflow to clean them and excess filtered particulate can then be collected and removed, reducing service intervals. Removes most particulates but ultrafines are sometime missed and the condition and maintanance of the bags and the shakers has everything to do with it.
Electronic: An ionic breeze on steroids, these electrostatically remove particulates from exhaust gasses. Old technology and typically found at old coal fired powered plants.
All these above will remove filterable or condensible contaminants but will do little to quell NOx emissions. The new fancy way is this:
Catalytic: Just like your car, or more like a modern diesel engine, a smoke stack can be fitted with a catalyst bed to help scrub NOx (oxides of nitrogen ie NO, No2, n20) with the addition of an ammonia source such as anhydrous ammonia or urea. This catalytic action must take place closer to the combustion than other methods, and typically run about 800*F. The ammonia reacts with the NO2 and with the assistance of a catalyst, reduces it down to N2 and 02. Continuous monitoring of ammonia injection, NOx and montitoring of "ammonia slip" out the other side of the system (too much ammonia and it wont all get used up...just the right amount and theres none left)
Thermal. Do little to change the levels of C02, o2 and NO2 as the exhaust gasses will be typical of natural gas combustion. The gas to be cleaned is passed through an incinerator to burn off anything left from an industrial process. These things save lives!
Been testing these things using ASTM, EPA, and various approved methods for years.
How does particulates pollute the air?
Diesel engine exhaust contains PM10's (Particulate Matter 10 Microns diameter)
These are dangerous because they get trapped in the alveoli of the lungs
Greenhouse gases cause air pollution. Carbon dioxide, methane, etc. trap sunlight on Earth from reflecting to outer space, keeping our planet warm. The more trees we cut down, the more greenhouse gases we have, and the more unhealthy we become.
the gaseous pollutants are ,sulphur di oxide, co, no,,benzene,carbon di oxide ect.
How living things react to thermal pollution?
All plant and animal species that live in water are adapted to temperatures within a certain range. When water in an area warms more than they can tolerate, species that cannot move, such as rooted plants and shellfish, will die. Species that can move, such as fish, will leave the area in search of cooler conditions, and they will die if they can not find them. Typically, other species, often less desirable, will move into the area to fill the vacancy. In general, cold waters are better habitat for plants and animals than warm ones because cold waters contain more dissolved oxygen. Many freshwater fish species that are valued for sport and food, especially trout and salmon, do poorly in warm water. Some organisms do thrive in warm water, often with undesirable effects. Algae and other plants grow more rapidly in warm water than in cold, but they also die more rapidly; the bacteria that decompose their dead tissue use up oxygen, further reducing the amount available for animals. The dead and decaying algae make the water look, taste, and smell unpleasant. Therefore, warm water are elevated temperature typically decreases the level of dissolved oxygen (DO) in water. The decrease in levels of DO can harm aquatic animals such as fish, amphibians and copepods. Thermal pollution may also increase the metabolic rate of aquatic animals, as enzyme activity, resulting in these organisms consuming more food in a shorter time than if their environment were not changed. An increased metabolic rate may result in food source shortages, causing a sharp decrease in a population. Changes in the environment may also result in a migration of organisms to another, more suitable environment, and to in-migration of fishes that normally only live in warmer waters elsewhere. This leads to competition for fewer resources; the more adapted organisms moving in may have an advantage over organisms that are not used to the warmer temperature. As a result one has the problem of compromising food chains of the old and new environments. Biodiversity can be decreased as a result. It is known that temperature changes of even one to two degrees Celsius can cause significant changes in organism metabolism and other adverse cellular biology effects. Principal adverse changes can include rendering cell walls less permeable to necessary osmosis, coagulation of cell proteins, and alteration of enzyme metabolism. These cellular level effects can adversely affect mortality and reproduction. Primary producers are affected by warm water because higher water temperature increases plant growth rates, resulting in a shorter lifespan and species overpopulation. This can cause an algae bloom which reduces the oxygen levels in the water. The higher plant density leads to an increased plant respiration rate because the reduced light intensity decreases photosynthesis. This is similar to the eutrophication that occurs when watercourses are polluted with leached agricultural inorganic fertilizers. A large increase in temperature can lead to the denaturing of life-supporting enzymes by breaking down hydrogen- and disulphide bonds within the quaternary structure of the enzymes. Decreased enzyme activity in aquatic organisms can cause problems such as the inability to break down lipids, which leads to malnutrition. In limited cases, warm water has little deleterious effect and may even lead to improved function of the receiving aquatic ecosystem. This phenomenon is seen especially in seasonal waters and is known as thermal enrichment. An extreme case is derived from the aggregational habits of the manatee, which often uses power plant discharge sites during winter. Projections suggest that manatee populations would decline upon the removal of these discharges. The temperature can be as high as 70° Fahrenheit for freshwater, 80° F for saltwater, and 85° F for tropical fish.
How do plants improve air pollution?
Planting for Clean Water is part of the solution to water pollution because it mimics nature and natural hydrology. In natural landscapes, rain tends to soak into the ground gradually. However, nowadays, much of the land is covered by impervious surfaces - such as streets, parking lots and roofs - where the water cannot soak into the ground. Blue Thumb plantings help infiltrate water back into the ground and stop the storm water runoff. Thank you.
Does incense cause health problems?
Most incense contains toxic ingredients that are not labelled. In addition, the smoke from the incense ingredients and the burning of any stick that they are attached to, create smoke that is a form of air pollution. This is most noticeable if you have an air purifier in the room; it will become coated with black soot. The best types of incense to use contain natural, non-toxic ingredents only. In this case, the incense purifies and blesses the space in which it is burned, according to Ayurveda. Burning incense is a form of aromatherapy. Incense is burned as an offering and purificatory substance in many world religious tradtions, such as the Roman Catholic Church and Hindu pujas and ceremonies. Good books about incense include The Book of Incense: Enjoying the Traditional Art of Japanese Scents by Kiyoko Morita (1992, Kodansha international) and The Complete Incense Book by Susanne Fischer-Rizzi (1996, Sterling). I sell natural, non-toxic Shoyeido incense in sticks and in coils on my Transcendence Design website. Sherri Silverman, Ph.D. _________________________________ someone else's experience, previously posted: I'm not really sure, but me and my friends burned incense in a tent and i think we got high off it. It was fun but then i couldn't breath the rest of the night cause we didn't vent the tent. So don't burn in an uncirculated room
List three types of ocean pollution?
Three types of ocean pollution are Trash dumping,(in 1980 medical waste washed up on the beach),Sludge dumping (the treated form of raw sewage), and oil spills such as the Prince William Sound oil spill on which 260,000 barrels of oil were spilled and as a result Alaska's government is still suffering today
What are two pollutants formed by the combustion of petroleum?
Air pollution is the introduction of chemicals, particulate matter, or biological materials that cause harm or discomfort to humans or other living organisms, or damages the natural environment, into the atmosphere.
Petroleum is a mixture of hydrocarbons. On combustion, it produces mainly carbon dioxide and water vapour.
However, on incomplete combustion, they produce carbon monoxide, unburnt hydrocarbons etc. They also produce oxides of nitrogen.
Does use of silk harm the environment?
it leads to the killing of worms at their larva stage only . this leads to the disturbance in the ecosystem