Pollution

If I were leader of the free world, the first issue I would address would be pollution. We all know about pollution. How it's bad and we need to do something about it. Let me ask you something. Do we really know about pollution? How it really affects the ecosystem? How we are killing ourselves and everyone else? How this crisis is really malevolent to the world? Now, I thought that when people know about such a crisis, they do something about it. Well a lot have, but has this been a big help? It's good that people participate in these actions, but if they had solved the whole thing, we wouldn't be talking about it.

Think about this. If you dropped a candy wrapper on the ground because there wasn't a nearby trash bin, it wouldn't be that bad. Just one piece of trash. But if every person in one state did that, trash would be everywhere! What about everyone in America, or in the world?

If you threw recyclable material away, you'd pollute. That material goes to landfills or could end up out into the oceans. It pollutes the oceans while killing aquatic life. If an aquatic animal or fish got into plastic it would kill or majorly harm them. Not only that, but when plastic stays in the water, it breaks down into microscopic pieces and stays there for hundreds of years. The sea life cannot separate these particles from the water. In dead, washed-up sea animals scientists find chunks of pollution, pollution particles, or maybe oil in their insides. Can you think of a reason why a helpless sea animal among others should die at our hands? Especially when we could do something about it? When you refrain from polluting you are saving their life.

People also pollute the air we need with pollution. This is causing a major issue called global warming. The trapped heat in the atmosphere causes the poles to experience drastic climate change. Air pollution causes immense, noxious fumes that rise into the air that we need to survive.

In our modern American life, Americans use approximately 2.2 billion pounds of pesticides every year. To help out, I would get people to spread the word! People need to know that they're destroying our world. Groups of people that took action could inspire the world and make a difference in peoples' lives. If everyone did this, it would be a major change.

Nowadays, many people in America are not willing to sacrifice time and money to go "green." This problem needs to be dealt with. We need to be doing something! That's why I chose this issue. We need to help the world. Like David Orr said, "When we heal the earth, we heal ourselves." And we will be successful. For we will have a world saved.

The "sharpness canal" is a canal located in Gloucestershire, England. It connects the River Severn to the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal, providing a route for boats to bypass a difficult stretch of the Severn. It is primarily used for commercial shipping and leisure boating.

Transportation generates pollutants such as carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust. These pollutants contribute to air pollution and have negative impacts on human health and the environment. Efforts to reduce transportation-related emissions include promoting alternative fuels, improving vehicle efficiency, and investing in public transportation.

Pollution, ozone layer ,Global warming, oh my!

This means an increase in the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere.

There is a normal balance of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Trees and green plants soak it up, and then when the trees rot or are burnt the carbon dioxide goes back into the atmosphere.

However, more than 200 years ago we began seriously burning coal and oil. This released carbon dioxide that had been trapped millions of years ago. So over the years the amount of this gas in the atmosphere has been increasing. Most climate scientists agree that this increase in carbon dioxide is contributing to climate change and global warming.

Rocks containing carbonate (CO2) are highly affected by acid rain. Limestone (CaCO2) is a very common carbonate rock.

the level of suspended particles increases alarmingly during festivals. bursting crackers is hazardous to the environment. crackers emit high amounts of smoke. magnesium, sulpphur dioxide, hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide are the main constituents of this smoke. it causes air pollution and contributes to global warming. it also harms mankind; infants and the old people are most affected by this smoke. it causes respiratory diseases. inhalation of magnesiun causes metal fume fever while copper compounds cause irritation in the respiratory tract of our body. so crackers should be avoided during festivals or any other occasions in order to stop planet earth walking through the path of destruction

In Canada, at least, you can search the National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) to determine the levels of any specific pollutant from any area. Your local environmental control agency may have a similar searchable database.

The Pollution Act of 1990 increased regulations on the manufacture and use of toxic chemicals by requiring companies to report releases of hazardous substances. This led to a greater emphasis on pollution prevention and reduction strategies within industries to comply with the law and reduce environmental impact. The act also contributed to the development of cleaner technologies and processes to mitigate the release of toxic chemicals into the environment.

There are many gases capable of being greenhouse gases, but fortunately not many occur naturally in siginificant amounts.

Carbon dioxide is the greenhouse gas most responsible for global warming or climate change, but it is not the most potent greenhouse gas, nor the most abundant.

Water vapour is the most abundant greenhouse gas. Although it is responsible for the long term natural warming of the earth, it does not contribute to climate change.

The second most important greenhouse gas for climate change is methane. Although present in very small proportions, it is around 21 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than is carbon dioxide.

Another naturally occurring greenhouse gas is ozone. This gas also helps prevent harmful ultraviolet radiation from reaching the earth, so its presence in the upper atmosphere is important to us.

Mars has a much thinner atmosphere than earth, it also has a constant haze of dust in the air that contains a brown iron oxide called limonite, which absorbs blue light and scatters the other wavelenghts of visible light.

Any living factor in the environment is a biotic factor. Biotic factors include plants, animals, fungi, bacteria, and other living organisms that directly or indirectly affect the environment.

When you breathe in, you breathe in oxygen, but when you breathe out, you're breathing out carbon dioxide.

Animal life uses oxygen in respiration, necessary for survival. Carbon Dioxide is released as a by-product. When a tree is burnt or rots it releases its CO2. When we burn fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas), for energy or transport we add carbon dioxide to the air.

Poorly constructed maintained or operated stations can pollute the environment by:

* Releasing hydrocarbon vapors from the filling lines or product storage tanks to the air * Allowing cars to idel while filling * From losses of gasoline or diesel to the ground on nozzle withdrall * From leaking storage tanks to the ground or groundwater * From chemical spills (ethylene glycol or sulfuric acid) * From oil spills from holding tanks or poorly drained oil containers

Car pollution has contributed to poor air quality, leading to respiratory issues like asthma and lung disease. It also exacerbates climate change by releasing greenhouse gases like CO2. Additionally, car pollution can harm ecosystems and wildlife through acid rain and pollution runoff.

The problem was first reported in Germany in the 1960's when trees in the Balck Forest were impacted. This would be the year of reporting it. Prior to that cities like London has acidic fogs in the 1800's which would have been "acid precipitation" if it were to be labeled. Similarly the release of SOx from Inco's smelter in Sudbury, Ontario in the the mid-1900s would have produced a similar effect - but again no one was looking of it.

The definition of photodegrade is of a substance to be decomposed by the action of light. It means to breakdown when exposed to sunlight and is a type of chemical change that results from light being absorbed.

Every jurisdiction that has established a framework of environmental rules and regulations has established a requirement for the measurement of emissions and impacts as well as their own (government agency) monitoring programs.

Industry, industrial associations, ENGO's and governments publish annual environmental reports containing the results of their monitoring.

Greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), fluorinated gases, and water vapor. These gases trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere, leading to global warming and climate change.

Pollution hurts the Earth in numerous ways. It eliminates animal habitats which, in turn, leads to animal extinctions. It pollutes the air, causing acid rain and sickness. Also, pollution depletes the ozone layer, and causes Earth's temperature to dangerously rise.

Soils which have high levels of carbonates, a natural type of antacid, can resist acid rain better than other types of soil.

Soils which have become acidic are often treated with lime or other carbonates to increase the pH

Well, in my point of view, the atmosphere is a layer of air that protects Earth from burning up by the Sun. Global warming heats the atmosphere up a little too much, creating a hole, and the sun burns everything in the hole. Everyday, this hole is getting a little bigger.

Whitley award is referred to as green Oscar. This award is annually given by Whitley fund for nature (WFN) to recognise and celebrate effective national and regional conservation leaders across the globe