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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gas ranges, people, fire places & stoves
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According to "A Fighting Chance" you could survive off plants such as grains, beans, and legumes after nuclear fallout. Also...
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By creating things that don't bio degrade on there own.
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pigs amongst many farmed animals give off methane gas in there feces (manure) and methane is extremely good at trapping heat,it...
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No,as it is helpful in Haber's Process.
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Factories pollute the air by pumping out chemicals that are harmful for all the living things!!!!!That is why there is acid rain...
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Global warming, pollution of oceans and rivers, fast cutting of trees, danger to wild life and many others. More Information:...
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over 13,000,000
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There are generally no standards for an absolute BOD5 value of drinking water. However, a sample with a BOD5 between 1 and 2 mg/L...
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Plastics in general are harmful to the environment because they are here for 500-1000 years, and if left to be in the sun and...
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Non-biodegradable is a misnomer because the subject that this term is associated with is organic matter and organic matter always...
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The machines companies use to mine the ore create polutive gases. There is likely a better answer and this one should not be...
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Popuation effects the habitat because car fuel for example if too many people use cars often it can effect the animals and plants...
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Because pressure forces for gas molecules to get close to each other.
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Gaseous pollution is a harmful gas emitted into the air. This can include but not limited to: NOx's, Sulphoxides, Methane, Carbon...
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A port-a-pottie or port-a-john instead of going in the woods.
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Obviously, pollution is harmful towards living things. One example of pollution is oil spill. The oil floats on water and the...
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no geothermal energy is usally under ground
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Acid rain is very harmful to the environment. Acid rain damages everything over a period of time because it makes the living...
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When drill pipe is lowered or put into the well in the well, it is called running in or is tripping into the well. When drill...
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More people using public transportation since that would make there be less cars on the road, reducing our carbon monoxide...
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The tundra region is a biome of natural species, commonly found in the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Pollution in the tundra is...
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industry is the main polluter of the Yangtze river. another factor to consider is the huge population of china, and the...
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Particles in the air can serve as nuclei of condensation hence favoring precipitation. Differently sized particles rest at...
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The Bessemer process to convert iron to steel used air to burn carbon out of the iron. This resulted in air emissions of carbon...
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Burning incense puts smoke into the air which can aggravate some lung conditions such as asthma. For most people it is not a...
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Oil spill, dumping waste, etc etc en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_pollution
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Yes of course! Anything name or place should be capitalized. It would depend on the context. If "Gulf Oil Spill" were a...
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smog traps in heat from the sun rays. it gets worse during the summer because LA is more exposed to the sun, making the...
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Pollution, littering.
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CO is the formula for carbon monoxide
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It is both a suspension and a solution. It contains colloidal soil, baceria and viruses, plant debris, oils, and animal material...
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Your nose detects a smell when vapours in the air, given off by the thing which you can smell (pie, poo, whatever, as long as it...
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A type of biodegradable polyethylene.
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yeth, yeth there ith. thorry i have got a lithp you could reduthe the amount of oil barrerth in the oceanth
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The effluent from the sewage plant drained directly into the river.
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Sulfide ore still in the mine reacting with ground water and air from the tunnel/shaft/pit producing sulfuric acid. [e.g. 2 ZnS +...
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Fossil fuels,like oil and coal, are being burned in cars and in factories, releasing carbon.
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There are many different kinds of pollutants, but some of the more larger problems result from: Greenhouse gases - Carbon dioxide...
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Yes. If they swallow a bit of the ocean water in a polluted spot, it could be like swallowing a cup of motor oil. The effect on...
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The four main greenhouse gases that cause global warming are: CO2 (carbon dioxide) CH4 (methane) O3 (ozone) and NO (nitrous...
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The gases that are greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and ...
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Burning fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide emissions that add to the greenhouse effect. This is causing global warming and...
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the plane harms the environment because it uses too much gas
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Coal is a fossil fuel like oil and gas. Fossil fuels are all formed out of organic matter deposited, decomposed and compressed,...
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The US signed the Kyoto Protocol on 12 November 1998. It has not yet ratified it.
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A biotic factor is any living component that affects another organism. so yes seaweed is a biotic factor.
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In 2007 the United States Supreme Court ruled that Carbon dioxide is a pollutant and so the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)...
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Pollution occurs when any form of impurity is introduced into a clean source. It is most often used in an environmental concept...
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gigantism (and it's opposite, dwarfism) can occur in any isolated environment. We call it insular gigantism or insular dwarfism...
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instead of students going in separate vehicles they can maintain a single vehicle from a school
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there is no other way. i tried a thesaurus and there were no results.Answer: Consider: Smog Miasma Pea souper (British) Haze...
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You fight to have your voice heard. Earth and water are very closely linked and even animals such as the beaver, etc., are...
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The Macondo well was permanently plugged by BP on September 19, 2010.
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Humans take from the lithosphere, but it's not the easiest thing to give back to. Once you take something from the lithosphere,...
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The major natural greenhouse gases are water vapour, which causes about 36-70% of the greenhouse effect on Earth (not including...
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The general "fish deaths" number has never been calculated. To calculate the number it would be necessary to determine: Number...
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in atmostphere there is oxides of sulphur and nitrogen which makes atmosphere acidic , and when rains these oxides are getting...
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The number is not known or at least not published. The total number is spills from oil oil platforms is known and accounts for a...
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AnswerThe Pasig River is said to be among the world's most polluted. The meycauayan river in meycauayan, bulacan im the most...
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The air polution in Mexico is realy bad because the government does not have a strict law for polution. Another big reason is...
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It killed a lot of wildlife
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In 2011 Carbon dioxide is present in the Earth's atmosphere at about 385 parts per million by volume or 582 parts per million by...
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chemicals and waste products are examples of pollutants
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The population of a place, numerous vehicles, and a great size in factories.
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Well ill try to answer as much as i can think of.Deforestation (logging) of area to create the mine and roads to transport the...
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Overpopulation of humans is caused by lack of birth control, lack of education, and poverty.Overpopulation in animals is caused...
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it depends how much you inhail. it would be best to go to a doctor or family gp.good luck!
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Pollution in the ocean is a major problem that is affecting the ocean and the rest of the Earth, too. Pollution in the ocean...
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Dissolved Oxygen (DO) is really a physical distribution of oxygen molecules in water. There are two main sources of DO in water:...
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No carbon monoxide doesn't contribute to global warming. Some people get it confused with carbon dioxide which does contribute to...
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The higher the salinity, the lower the dissolved oxygen concentrations.
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Consequences of Overpopulation A psychological study put a high density population of mice in an enclosed area, gave them...
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Pollution is a very serious problem.It is very bad for health for everyone
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Point source pollution is related to emissions that can be easily identified with a single discharge source. Water pollution...
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Industrial pollution is pollution which can be directly linked with industry, in contrast to other pollution sources. This form...
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AnswerThe most common form of boron is the compound borax, used for a variety of purposes ranging from cleaning and antiseptics...
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Garbage harms animals because they can choke on it. For example:penguins: you know the plastic around the cans of soda? These can...
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It effect's the people the smoke more because when the smoke the lungs become BLACK and as they inhale the bad stuff in the air...
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it goes to be recycled
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It is important to recycle because we need to save this world before it becomes a giant garbage dump! I think everyone should...
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There are many ways we can prevent environmental problems, especially Global Warming. Common and simple ways we can help save our...
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Marine pollution occurs when harmful effects, or potentially harmful effects, can result from the entry into the ocean of...
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1. street traffic 2. aircrafts3. construction
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they make the people sick
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dumping and throwing of garbage anywhere
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1.Deforestration 2.Industrilization 3.Automobiles
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It doesn't hurt people, only plants, statues, animals and more. Acid rain will hurt people when it will get stronger.
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Protect thyroid You can take potassium iodide tablets to protect your thyroid. The thyroid is most vulnerable to radiation...
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For centuries the oceans have been treated like sewage dumps. Polluting the oceans is a horrible act and the result can be...
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In addition to the tailings problem the storage of waste rock, separated from the coal are storded on the surface. The problems...
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Burning gasoline releases carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere adding to global warming. Given current technology,...
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