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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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Why are cities more polluted than villages?

When a village gets very, very large they call it first a town, finally a city.

As a Christian the response of air pollution?

Christians have varied views on the issue of pollution. I like to believe most christians view it as an abomination, and a crime against God for defiling the world He gave us. However, some may believe it is not a big deal, like some people who are athiests or of another religion. This is just one view, and I expect more to be added.

What countries suffer from air pollution the most?

The issue come down to what is pollution? If we are talking about industrial waste that is not treated or neutralized in any way, the third world countries are the worst offenders. India and China would top that list.

China produces more air pollution then any three other countries. The only one where their is any competition is with CO2. This is not considered a pollutant by most science groups, but politically it is a current topic. (politics always trumps science). China produces 27.3% and the USA produces 24.8%. France has cleaned up most of it's CO2 pollution by installing many new nuclear power plants.

This, quite naturally, make France the leader in Nuclear waste, which is not a pollution, but a waste management issue.

How do you reduce sea pollution?

Well, nothing can stop it realistically. We can cut downon sea pollution by not fishing so much, try and make more economical boats, submarines etc, and make other vehicles such as cars more economical.

How are we polluting?

We are polluting the water bodies in easy acts such as throwing a plastic bottle into the sea. Other than that, loggers that chop down trees indirectly result in water pollution through soil erosion. Waste from factories are sometimes discharged into streams, contaminating the water. Oil spills in the seas simply pollutes the water. Other than that, greenhouse gases from factories, power plants, vehicles etc. are polluting the air, not forgetting forest fires.

5 ways in which the human or environmental problem impacts on the community?

If they neglected to gathered some papers and if they can't clean the environment

Why is a traffic jam called a traffic jam?

The word jam means "to press tightly," or "to become wedged" It was first used in 1706. It is often associated with the word identifying the material which is jammed - a log jam for floating logs, an ice jam for ice in a river, a paper jam in a printing press or copying machine, and a traffic jam for vehicles on a road.

Why do scientists monitor air and water pollution?

The levels of contaminants in air and water are monitored for the same reasons that forests are monitored for smoke and fire.

The purpose is resource protection. Without adequate pure air and water we can have serious health and economic problems. Identifying problems when they are small (at the beginning) allows changes to be made that can correct them before long term damage can occur. Continuing to monitor damaged air or water allows the effectiveness of remedial programs to be tracked.

What gases were banned due to global warming?

The gases that cause global warming are naturally occurring gases and so can not be banned. The world is moving slowly towards minimising the emission into the atmosphere of additional greenhouse gases, but these emissions have not been banned and probably never could be banned entirely.

On the other hand, the manufacture of CFC gases has been banned for industrial use, because of the damage they do to the ozone layer.

What effects does destruction of mangroves to the environment?

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What type of things are not biodegradable?

Plastic, glass, metal, and rubber rare just a few examples of non biodegradable things

A various ways individual can help reduce lawlessness?

Obeying order, applying of law by government, observation all institute, openness of law.

What does car pollution do to earth and human body?

It's bad to inhale polluted air. People with breathing problems will not be able to breath properly.


Land
Cars create pollution everyday, and it brakes down the ozone layer. This allows heat to come into the Atmosphere. The weather will turn hotter and it will melt the polar ice cap. After they melt some land will flood. After it floods we wont be able to use it anymore.


Water
Carbon dioxide creates pollution. When it rains the pollution mixes with the rain. When the rain falls, it falls into water. There for it's polluting the waters.

What percentage of the world's water?

Total water surface area: 70.8% (361,132,000 sq km)

2.5% is fresh water

Please follow related links for an interactive chart.

Two human activities that affect land resources?

Some two human activities that affect land resources include encroachment into forests and directing industrial wastes into rivers. Industrial effluents can lead to poisoning of the fish in the river.

What are the effects of acid mine drainage?

Acid mine drainage refers to the surface runoff formed when rainwater comes in contact with either mine spoils (the reject from ore processing activities) or overburden (the material removed to get at the ore-bearing layer). It can also form when groundwater floods abandoned mine shafts, adits, and galleries underground. Spoil or overburden piles that have high levels of sulfide minerals and/or metals are especially problematic. In the presence of oxygen and with the help of microorganisms, high levels of metals and very acidic runoff (pH < 2 in some cases) is created, which results in acid mine drainage. This is a problem in parts of the country where high sulfur coal is mined (such as the East, e.g. WV and KY) as well as in areas of metals mining. Perhaps the most famous example of AMD is the Tar Creek Superfund Site, one of the oldest and largest in the country. It is located in Oklahoma and part of Missouri within the Tri-State Mining District - mostly lead and zinc minerals were mined there (former Picher field). It was formed in part due to the impacts of AMD following closure of the mine and cessation of water treatment. Sub-surface workings flooded with water, came into contact with sulfide minerals and waste piles, and greatly contaminated the local watershed, even threatening local groundwater supplies at one point. The area has yet to - and may never - fully recover.

What type of pollution is caused by nuclear power reactors?

Since "pollution" is stuff you don't want in a place where you don't want it then the answer is pretty much "none". Nuclear reactors produce several tons of spent fuel each year which is highly radioactive but it is kept under tight controls as the radioactivity decays and the spent fuel cools thus it isn't "pollution" in this sense because it doesn't get out where you don't want it.

Nuclear plants do discharge slightly warmer water than they intake which could be described as pollution if it were shown to harm the environment. Generally, the local animals appreciate the warmer water.

How it happen water pollution?

Water pollution occurs when contaminants are released into the water body such as the ocean or rivers. The water mainly occurs when we discharged untreated sewage or waste into the water. The main causes of water pollution are industrial wastes, house hold waste and chemicals. The used water of a community is called waste water or sewage. If it is not treated before being discharged into waterways, serious pollution is the result. Water pollution also occurs when rain water runoff from urban and industrial areas and from agricultural land and mining operations makes its way back to receiving waters (river, lake or ocean) and into the ground.

Data analysis of noise pollution?

Data analysis of noise pollution seeks to establish the effects of noise pollution. Some of the established effects include headaches, stress, impaired hearing and so much more.

How does stormwater get polluted?

Stormwater usually flows to either the drainage systems, lakes, rivers, or reservoirs. There are several different ways to prevent water pollution, including the following: recycling hazardous materials, not dumping contaminants down drains, using inlet filters around drains, erosion prevention, & many more.

How are thermal pollution and artificial eutrophication similar?

both depleate the oxygen in the water and kill fishes ... poor fishes

How do we solve pollution?

Stratospheric pollution is the depletion of ozone layer (ozone hole) by certain compounds like Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) , oxides of nitrogen (which released into upper atmosphere from engines of supersonic transport planes).

How Plant trees can help reduce pollution?

Because through photosynthesis trees turn carbon dioxide into oxygen, which is good because to much carbon dioxide is bad.