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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.
8,185 Questions
How much pollution does oil give off while heating a home?
Well the next time you burn oil to heat your home or your friends house, right before you measure it weigh yourself. Next go to the pipe the exports the toxic fumes and take a deep breath on the tube. Don't breath again until you weigh yourself for the second time. Find the difference between the two numbers and multiply by 7.3. The last step is to get another answer.
How much pollution is caused on Durga puja?
many pollution like air pollution,water pollution and green house gas global warming.........
How is water pollution responsible for depletion of oxygen in water?
The pollutants react with the oxygen dissolved This means there's no oxygen available for the fish. That kills more fish than the actual toxicity of the pollution in many cases.
How can water pollutants be monitored?
AMD specialists/ engineers. Look up Skelly & Loy AMD on google, find contact info if you have problems
What is the most common pollution problem with landfill?
Probably either methane and carbon dioxide release or groundwater contamination by heavy metals, ammonia or whatever other crap comes off of the decomposition.
What does water pollution look like?
The water looks dirty and it has some sort of smell eminating from it
What is a type of pollution that occurs when industries dump hot water into bodies of water?
Thermal pollution results from adding heated water to a watercourse.
Thermal pollution encourages the growth of some aquatic organisms over others (e.g. trout need colder water than carp) and reduces the oxygen content of the water so that only more resistant life forms can live in the water.
Why not use billy mays' mighty putty to fix oil spill?
Would you put mighty putty to fix a nuclear reactor leak? NO! And please don't ask uneducated questions. That stuff won't stop all those gallons of oil that come out even as I type.
What does biology have to do with oil spills?
Oil spills can damage natural habitats. The interactions of oil and the marine ecosystem are very important to understand.
Also, the process by which sea water will transform (or weather the oil) is very important as bacteria within sea water play a role. Understanding oil spills requires an understanding of principles of physics, chemistry and biology.
I have included a number of links that relate the study of biology and oil spills. In the Exxon-Valdez spill, the clean up on the shore line used "bio-remediation" - see link.
How much CO2 does a train give off each mile?
a train run by coal emits mono and dioxides of carbon into atmosphere. on an avg a train going at 60 miles an hour emits .5 tonne of co2.
How can chemistry help to clean an oil spill and reduce its impact?
Dispersants help to degrade oil into naturally occurring substances quicker. Dispersants can be applied directly to spilled oil, and help to remove oil from the water surface where it is especially harmful. It does so by first breaking the surface oil slicks. As dispersants contain molecules with both a hydrophilic and lipophilic end, these molecules attach to oil, thus reducing interfacial tensions between the water and the oil, which helps break the oil slicks. After breaking the oil slicks, it disperses oil as fine droplets into the water column through natural mixing actions such as wave action and turbulence which dilutes the subsurface oil concentration. This disperses oil from water surface to water column. Afterwhich, oil is dispersed by currents and is subjected to natural processes such as biodegradation, which will render oil harmless.
How can mining create acid rain?
Mining does not create acid rain. Smelting of mined ores (a different process entirely) creates acid rain when sulfur dioxide is releases, Mining can cause acid mine drainage a bacterial impact of bacteria such as thiobacillus thioxidans on sulfates and sulfides.
What are the harmful effects from inhaling plastic fumes?
Dioxin poisoning. Cancer from plastic fibers.
Water pollution can be cause by pesticides and BLANK used on farms?
Fertilizers.
Farmers put fertilizers on their crops and then the fertilizer can get washed into the ground or into a nearby river therefore polluting it.
Where do you send hair for the oil spill?
I have included the "Matter of Trust" website, which provides all information. Also, I've included a link that says the Joint Operations decided not to use the hair mat. Apparently they are best for shallow water spills.
See link.
Does the metro or tube cause pollution?
Yes, but not directly. The trains themselves run on electricity, but the electricity has to be generated somewhere.
What is one idea you have as to how you could conserve water?
One idea of how you can conserve water is to not leave it running for days. Some people leaves water running for over an hour each day.
How do our homes pollute the environment?
There is both direct and indirect pollution from the home:
- thermal pollution due to poor insulation - direct
- air pollution from gas or fuel oil heating systems - direct
- lawn and garden chemical runoff - direct
- garbage - direct disposed of in landfill or dump
- energy generation related pollution - indirect, depends on fuel source, etc.
- farming and ranching runoff - indirect
- petroleum industry related pollution - indirect
- etc.
