Environmental Pollution
Automobiles like these are around the world everyday, and their exhaust destroys
our air everyday.
Our environment is a major aspect of our life today. Many of us don't take our
Earth seriously and think that as long as pollution doesn't hurt them they can
go ahead and throw garbage on the ground or spill oil down the drain. Well to
many people have that theory and they are killing off our Earth and also
physically harming themselves from the air they breath and the water they swim
in. Our Earth is fragile like a human and people don't know. There are many
different types of environmental pollution (e.g. Water, air, atmospheric.)
Scientists believe that all cities with populations ...
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fossil fuels, and CFCs from aerosols. Every bit of this
harms our atmosphere. Factories and transportation depend on huge amounts of
fuel billions of tons of coal and oil are consumed around the world every year.
When these fuels burn they introduce smoke and other, less visible, by-products
into the atmosphere. Although wind and rain occasionally wash away the smoke
given off by power plants and automobiles, the cumulative effect of air
pollution poses a grave threat to humans and the environment. A big example of
smog is LA you can see the smog just hovering above the city. I don't think any
human alive should be subject to that kind of environment. Scientists believe
that all cities with populations exceeding 50,000 have some degree of air
pollution. Burning garbage in open dumps causes air pollution Scientist have
discovered that over the South Pole the ozone has a high level of ozone
depletion.
A computer-enhanced map, taken from satellite observations of ozone levels ...
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the ocean is oil spills. The oil from an oil spill kills
hundreds of sea animals from fish, to whales, to birds. Below is a small list of
just some of the major oil spills. Notice how many tons were spilled into our
ocean... Notable Oil Spills Date Location Description Tons
spilled Jan.-June, 1942 East coast of U.S. German U-boat attacks on
tankers after 590,000 March 18, 1967 Land's End, Cornwall, England
Grounding of 'Torrey Canyon' 119,000 June 13, 1968 South Africa Hull
failure of 'World Glory' 46,000 Nov. 5, 1969 Massachusetts Hull
failure of 'Keo' 30,000 March 20, 1970 Trälhavet Bay, Sweden
Collision of 'Othello' with another ship 60,000 to 100,000 Dec. 19,
1972 Gulf of ...
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