Essays on Ozone

Law enforcement is very important in our world, because without it, the world would be far worse than it is currently. As far as present day situations are concerned, there are environmental issues that still occur, but fortunately they are being taken care of every day. An example of this involves a 2008 case study that involves ozone pollution and ozone misuse. As “The Enforcement Case Report” states, “ On September 25th of 2008, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, made a direct referral requesting that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) file a civil action against Costco Wholesale ...

The Clean Air Act (CAA) was introduced by the federal government to control air pollution throughout the United States and is regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). While the CAA pertains the keeping the air clean for public health and the environment, the economic implications of the act are numerous. Some of the economic benefits connected to the act are increased public health, improved agricultural yields and reducing the greenhouse effect. In the Second Prospective Study done in March 2011 by the EPA to determine the true cost and benefits of the CAA, it was determined that the ...

Air pollution is a national problem. Due to the massive industrial establishments and various chemicals and substances that are used by man in his day to day activities, the air is populated with various chemicals and particulates emitted into the air causing the air pollution. In the US, Long Beach and Los Angeles, are among the most polluted regions. Majority of the industries in this area are dependent on diesel and other fuel powered machines, ships, vehicles, and trains that sustain its day to day operations. The ports of Long Beach is considered as one of the biggest sources ...

Effects of Air Pollution on Health

In this paper, we will critically review the article based on a research conducted by Chit- Ming Wong, Nuntavarn Vichit-Vadakan, Haidong Kan, and Zhengmin Qian. The title of the paper is Public Health and Air Pollution in Asia (PAPA): A Multicity Study of Short-Term Effects of Air Pollution on Mortality; published in the September 2008 issue of the journal, “Environmental Health Perspectives”. The article has included a total of twenty-seven significant literature studies which were based on the same subject. Quite a many articles were taken from some renowned databases like those of the ‘World Health Organization (WHO)’ ...

Introduction

Costco Wholesale Corporation formed their corporate sustainability and energy group in 2007 to spearhead the creation and implementation of the sustainably sourced strategies for products and energy policy. Their energy policy included a program for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions with the implementation of measures for energy efficiency. In 2007, Costco discovered that 85 percent of their carbon footprint was coming from purchased electricity. Their energy program placed emphasis on energy efficient operations and building designs. Costco also started working to reduce their deliveries by consolidation of freight at their distribution centers and increasing the load of every truck ...

Sarma, K M, and Lani Sinclair. Protecting the Ozone Layer: The United Nations History. Earthscan, 2002. Internet resource.

In this book, Sarma, a former secretary and acting consultant of UNEP (United Nations Environmental Programme) together with Anderson and an Environmental Protection Agency of the US published about the history of environmental issues as per researches done by UNEP. They talk about how the ozone layer agreement was successful and inspired the entire world community to handle the ozone layer problem and several other environmental degrading issues. The history covers the media coverage, diplomacy, science, business policies and technology stories ...

Impacts of Petroleum Exploration, Extraction and Transport

Oil shale may be defined as those rocks that usually contain a high proportion and percentage of organic matter such as kerogen. Oil shale is mainly characterized by the low calorific value as well high ash and even mineral content. Oil usually produces energy, which serves a very crucial purpose to our planet. Energy is regarded as the lifeblood of the planet earth and its occupants, thereby, being categorized as among the essential commodities that normally powers the intentions to expand the global economy (Burnham, Stubblefield, & Campbell, 1980). In the 1950s, natural gas and oil became the primary sources of liveliness ...

Introduction

Causes of food shortage There are three factors that lead to food shortage; they include environmental, economic and social factors. Other factors causing food shortage are overpopulation and poor government policies that lead many countries in scarcity of food. Food distribution to the masses is determined by the socio-political factors. The production and growth of crops in a given area is determined by the environmental factors. While on the other hand, economic factor affects the buying and production capacity.

Social factors causing food shortage include increase rate of the population which is higher than food production. High rate ...

I. Introduction Human activities are causing the world to warm and the global average temperature is predicted to increase by 1.8-4.0C (3.2-7.2F) by the end of the century. (Griffin, 2009) These numbers might not seem that large but when you factor in the rate at which they are increasing, it almost becomes obvious that human contributed greenhouse gases are a huge contributing factor. Since the climate will continue to change for natural and humans activity reasons, it critical to understand the adaptations humans need to do as soon as possible. For certain, if oil production and oil consumption ...

What is the chemical formula for ozone gas?

Ozone is present in the troposphere, a part of the atmosphere. Ozone consist of 3 molecules of Oxygen. The chemical formula for ozone is O3. Ozone is also called as tri-oxygen since it consists of 3 molecules of oxygen bound to each other by covalent bonds. The structure and formula of ozone were identified in the year 1865. However, it is less stable than Oxygen and blue in color.

How does ozone form in the stratosphere?

Ozone is found in both, the stratosphere and the troposphere. The formation of ozone in both these layers is distinct. Stratospheric ozone is formed in two simple steps. Initial step involves ...

Introduction

The need for a safe, hazard free and healthy environment cannot be over-emphasized. This need is accentuated by obvious facts such as climate change, acid rain, ozone depletion, species extinction as is characteristic of global environmental trends (Claudio, 2007). The UNEP, (2013) report shows that people everywhere around the world (2 million annual deaths and billions of diseases attributed to pollution) experience the negative consequences of environmental degradation, ecosystem decline and natural disasters due to untoward environmental practices as well as unsafe environmental management and disposal of toxic and dangerous waste materials, leading to worldwide demand for environmental justice and ...

I think the biggest security threat that the world will face in the future is global warming. Global warming is the increase in temperature of the earth’s atmosphere and the oceans. The increase in temperature is caused by the increase of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Green houses gases include water vapour, ozone, carbon dioxide and methane. Carbon dioxide is the most common greenhouse gas. One of the sources of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is the burning of fossil fuel and the cutting down of trees which leads to more concentration of the carbon dioxide, since plants ...

Introduction

Ozone layer is naturally evolved a layer made up of atomic oxygen with molecular oxygen and covers a big area in stratosphere. The distinct function of the ozone layer is to absorb ultraviolet wavelengths coming from the solar waves. The collision of ozone occurs because of several other atmospheric molecules and UV radiations (Tabin, 2008).

O3+ UV >>> O2 + O O3 + O >>> 2O2

The maintenance of the ozone layer is very necessary as through absorbing the solar radiation Ozone establishes ...

INTRODUCTION

The wider population and the government are aware that prompt action is necessary to lessen the human impact on the environment, which is the means to turn around the global climate changes as well as lessening the demands on natural resources. Much has been done concerning this issue but a lot more needs to be done in order to decrease consumption of resources and get better environmental management if we want to repeal the global climate change and spare some resources to the future generations. Humanity is running out of natural resources and the global climate change is not something ...

Chen, Bingheng, et al. "Air pollution and health studies in China—Policy implications." Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association 61.11 (2011): 1292-1299. Web.

In this paper, researchers from Fudan University, Shanghai, China, noted that levels of air pollution in China are higher than most parts of the world. They reported that with rapid economic development, some types of air pollutants such as particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter ≤10 μm (PM10) and SO2 have been decreased due to controlling measures, whereas other types of air pollutants such as NO2 have been increased. Further studies ...

Just as James Lovelock once said, “We live at a time when emotions and feelings count more than truth, and there is a vast ignorance of science”, it is true that in this age it is increasingly important to listen to the scientific facts, as science is the best tool we have to discern whether or not climate change is caused by mankind. The term “anthropogenic” is used to describe human-made climate change and means originating in human activity. Climate change is defined in the change in global climatic patterns since the mid-20th century and is not limited to ...

INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

The pollution control efforts can be traced back to ancient human history where pure drinking water was an area of serious interest. This further became essential especially after the industrial revolution to protect and promote the environment in which we live and work. Various issues including the cost factors have been considered while enacting the laws. The international laws on environment along with having the laws of the individual countries also have all the various treaties and conventions. Some of the important laws among them are customary international laws on trans boundary resource pollution, UN economic commission on long ...

- The exposure of CFCs to strong ultra violet radiation breaks them down. Whenever this occurs, the chlorofluorocarbon molecule produces atomic chlorine. Just one chlorine atom destroys over a hundred thousand ozone molecules. The overall effect is to wipe out ozone at a faster rate than naturally created (Abdul-Wahab 9).

- Penguins and marine ecosystems are sustained by the energy flow from primary producers in the food chain via intermediate consumers, consumers as well as pathogens, and then back through decomposition pathways (Prischmann 23). Therefore, marine lives are biological networks where the success of penguins is connected directly or indirectly via various ...

1.Jupiter was the first. Giant lies just beyond the frost line. As the frost line accumulated great amounts of water via evaporation from infalling icy material, it created a zone of lower pressure that increased the speed of orbiting dust particles and halted their motion toward the Sun. As a result , the frost line acted as a barrier whice lead material to accumulate. This excess material coalesced into a huge embryo of around 10 Earth masses, which then began to grow rapidly by swallowing hydrogen from the surrounding disc, reaching 150 Earth masses in only another 1000 years and finally topping out at ...

Introduction

This presentation outlines a community assessment conducted at South Ozone Park, Queens, New York. It would entail a description of the community; display and explanation of data; designing of a genogram; interpretation of important features portrayed in the diagram and making a community diagnosis.

A.1: Community Description-South Ozone Park, Jamaica, Queens, New York

South Ozone Park is geographically located at the southeastern boundary of Queens’ borough. This awesome development aroused out of low class housing projects in the 1990s. On the north of its magnificently transformed landscape is the John F. Kennedy Airport. These boundaries extend outwards from the Aqueduct Racetrack east, towards Van Wyck Expressway. Rockway Boulevard is its main traffic ...

Global warming is a problem that is actively discussed nowadays. Very often new hypotheses appear about its impact on the Earth and human beings. At first, we need to classify the information available, to create a clear understanding of global warming effect on our planet. Global warming is the increase in the medium annual temperature of the Earth's atmosphere and oceans, because of much variety of reasons (increasing the concentration of gases in the Earth's atmosphere, solar variability or volcanic activity, etc.) (Haugen 14). Sometimes we use definition "greenhouse effect", but there is some differences between this two concepts. Greenhouse ...

Several human activities influence the earth unfavorably. A stone crusher includes a great deal of suspended particulate matter and clamor into the air. Vehicles radiate from their tail funnels oxides of nitrogen, carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide and a complex combination of burnt hydrocarbons and dark residue which pollute the environment. Local sewage and run off from farming fields, weighed down with fertilizers and pesticides contaminate water bodies. Effluents from tanneries contain numerous unsafe chemicals that transmit foul smell. These are just a couple of cases which demonstrate how human activities cause environmental pollution. Pollution may be characterized as expansion of ...

The Sun is Causing Most of Global Warming

Environmentalists and other aspects of scientific researchers have performed various empirical researchers indicating that the earth has been getting warmer each year due to increased sunlight energy (www.skepticalscience.com). This effect has been associated with destruction of the ozone layer by greenhouse gases, hence exposing the earth to more ultraviolet rays from the sun leading to global warming.

Scientists do not Really Agree on Global Warming

Indeed, there have been conflicting ideas regarding global warming and its associated effects among different scholars and scientists. Some scientists argue that the sun and the climate have been going towards opposite directions; that is, the sun has experienced a cooling effect of ...

Introduction

In our study I chose the topic which is related to the environment. Our study was based on the claim that Africans’ skins are dark due to the depletion of the ozone layer that has resulted into penetration of harmful sun rays that burn their skins. The source of the claim is not reliable. There are many people having this claim but no particular individual has come out to claim responsibility. The claim seem to make sense but if looked into in a more careful manner, then it is evident that there I no base to support the argument. ...

Acid rains have been in the mid of attentions since the Rio Earth Summit. This is an example where anthropogenic impact combines with the nature forces. “Acid rain” is a broad term referring to a mixture of wet and dry deposition (deposited material) from the atmosphere containing higher than normal amounts of nitric and sulfuric acids” (What is Acid Rain?). Originating from the large number of causes acid rain “is created when sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides are discharged from industrial plants that burn fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas. These compounds react with water, oxygen, and other atmospheric ...

In the book, Urban Sprawl, Global warming, and the Empire of Capital, Gonzalez places all the faults on the Government and American business leaders. He says that they are responsible for the global climate change. He opposed all the efforts used in the account of global warming problem. The definition and explanation were based on transnational factors such as the greenhouse effect. The core researchers expounded and affirmed that global climatic change was due to economic transition and development. They also argued that it was due to enter border development of goods and services. Others argued the global climatic ...

Supporters of the amendment claim that nuclear energy serves an important role in the energy mix because it helps in meeting the future generation’s energy demands. Proponents of the policy’s amendment claim that nuclear power provides clean energy because using nuclear energy does not destroy the ozone layer through emission of greenhouse gasses. Those who support amending the policy claim that nuclear power provides a solution to sustainable energy because producers can achieve continuous production of nuclear energy. Opponents believe that the nuclear power has dangerous effects on human beings because the process of producing energy involves ...

Global environmental systems are networks which compose the surroundings in which living things cohabit, and which constitute the planetary arena as we know it. Examples of global systems include the atmosphere, Cryosphere, biosphere and oceans. The global environmental system is intertwined with ecosystems, culture, economics, and societies. These are in turn related to other phenomena, which are dynamic in nature. These dynamic and natural systems vary in nature, found in a given period of time, and closely based on the existing global human activities, as Steffen et al. (2004) alludes. An example would be our current natural environment: the monsoonal ...

Introduction:

Clean non-polluted water is a major basic requirement for all the living things. Nowadays, its availability becomes a major problem in the ecosystem. This problem is expected to increase in the future due to population growth and industrialization processes. The processes discharge of domestic, industrial and agricultural wastes contribute largely to the contamination of existing natural waters in the environment. Therefore, at the present moment, it is important that the pathogens and pollutants are completely removed from the waste water to cater for the needs of domestic use, industrial use, and irrigation purposes. This paper discusses two processes of oxidation and ...

Debra Dutton

BIO 201 Pollution and the Human Body The human body has an incredible defense and healing system. It uses the various senses like smell, sight and taste to filter the food, air and water as they get into the body. The skin safeguards the body tissues and internal organs from environmental hazards. The skin also senses the variations in environmental temperatures and acts as the body’s stimuli in controlling the body temperature. The brain and the nervous system are part of the complex response and flight mechanism that responds to emergencies and dangers. An army of ...

Introduction

China’s air pollution crisis is currently a topic of concern at national and international based. It is indicated that the growing stages of pollution, more than 24 times the WHO-suggested limits, make long and short-term health threats containing of high sterility rates, and make threats to both the internal city areas and external neighboring state’s solidity. Growing fears on the impacts of pollution grows a new query: will China’s air crisis directed to more enclosed cities.

Discussion

Nowadays pollution arises from day to day. Air pollution is very awful for our well-being so illnesses increase gradually. In the past, ...

Introduction

The atmosphere by delineation refers to the gaseous composition together with other particles that surround the surface of the earth. In the atmosphere, there are gases, and the solid particles that are in suspension. Scientifically, the atmosphere is divided into four major layers. Using the ascending order, the first layer is the troposphere that rises about 10-13 km from the surface of the earth. This is closely followed by the stratosphere that rises over 50km above, them the thermosphere that rises between 80-480 km, and lastly the exosphere that goes beyond the 480 km and gradually dissipates in the ...

- What causes climate change? Define the Greenhouse Effect

Greenhouse gases (GHG) allow sunlight to enter the atmosphere and absorbs the heat produced by that light. Most of this heat energy is trapped within the atmosphere by the GHG while some of them are let out into the space. The phenomenon of atmospheric heating due to the GHG is called as the greenhouse effect. Gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and fluorinated gases form the greenhouse gases. Burning of fossil fuels, manufacturing processes, decay of organic matter, agricultural industries and emission of synthetic fluorinated gases from various ...

Abstract

Ozone layer depletion is a phenomenon in which ozone layer in the stratosphere thins out making it possible for the direct penetration of UV rays into the Earth's surface. This can lead to an array of harmful effects on human health, plants, and animals and can even trigger climate change. Chlorofluorocarbons are recognized as the primary cause accounting for 80% of ozone depletion. Though a lot of steps have been taken around the world to reduce ozone depletion, it may take about few decades more to completely heal the ozone layer due to the long standing stability of CFCs in the ...

Climate is changing rapidly. Credible international scientific evidence affirms the fact that the global climate is changing as a result of excessive human activities by depletion of natural resources. This global warming needs to be reduced at the earliest by implementing regulations and policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; otherwise the global temperature will continue to increase by approximately 3 degrees Celsius over the next century (IPCC, 2007). In my opinion, pollution is one of the biggest causes of global warming. It is not possible that the pollution has nothing to do with global warming or the depletion of the ...

Publisher: Butterworth Heinemann

- Clive Beggs had formerly been Chartered, BRE advisor, and engineer of the School of Civil Engineering under The University of Leeds and is the serving Professor of Medical Technology in the University of Bradford. - He is a biomedical scientist and mechanical engineer and excels in the field of energy management. - He, a world known speaker, has authored several scientific papers on designing of buildings that consume low energy, and are environment friendly. - No wonder, he is the recipient of CIBSE Bronze Medal for his achievements in the field of desiccant cooling that uses water ...

Introduction

As indicated by many scientists,( what is the authority for this, which scientists, book or journal article) the reduction of greenhouse gas emission requires a global consolidated effort with participation from all the countries across the globe. At least, those countries responsible for emitting the maximum amount of greenhouse gas are expected to comply with the cause. The current environment regime as governed by Kyoto Protocol is not helping in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. In fact, Kyoto Protocol, due to differentiating between developed and developing countries, has come under heated criticism from all corners. Common but Differentiated Responsibilities ( ...

Is it fair to restrict the growth of developing countries because of climate change?

Climatic change is a fundamental problem that is affecting developing nations, as well as developed nations of the world. However, as Nath and Behera pointed that developing nations are likely to be faced with a greater incidence of the outcome of climatic change than developed nations. This is because developed nations have the resources to deal with the outcomes of climatic changes and are already setting up mitigation strategies with respect to it. The earth has limited carrying capacity and therefore increased population growth is likely to do more harm than good. Restricting the growth of developing nations can be ...

In the introduction section, the paper describes in detail what the environment is and how the human race takes it for granted. In this section, the thesis statement is also given out and the materials to be used in this paper are listed. In the section of effects of pollution, the paper starts by describing the tendency of the human race of destroying the environment in the name of creating new development. In this section, the far-reaching effects of environmental destruction are listed and explained. Some of the effects that have been recorded are radiations that make the earth ...

Introduction

The remarkable industrial revolution of the 18th century had a very important milestone in the global civilization. As a matter of fact, it set the pace for the recent boost in technology today. However, this is also imperative to consider that the invention and subsequent advancement in the steam engine played an important role in the famous industrial revolution. Before the invention of the steam engine, industrial processes were manually based. More so, the earliest forms of steam engines produced by the engineer, Thomas Savery and even the subsequent development of the first practical steam engine by the English inventor, Thomas ...

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GREEN HOSPITALS

Executive summary

Just like any other institutions of the world, hospitals are required to adopt sustainable development procedures as they go about their duties. In every diagnostic and therapeutic activity in a hospital, it is highly recommended to put into consideration the effect of the environment and hence the effects to humans and the surrounding flora and fauna. The following work is focusing on green hospital concept. What does it entail, how can be achieved, and how can it be maintained. It also stipulates the consequences to hospitals that do not adhere to the green hospital policies and the long ...

Cigarette smoking is spreading widely in society these days. In the current times, people of all ages smoke, including teenagers. Cigarette smoke does not harm only the smoker, it also causes distresses to the people around him as they too happen to inhale the same smoke involuntarily. Smoking is a burning issue of the recent times and there is heavy debate as to the acceptance and the ill effects of smoking. People who argue over smoking are either for it or are up in arms against it, and seek to have it banned. I believe smoking should be banned in ...

Nowadays in the epoch of changes people have to deal with new challenges and nature disasters. Maybe the biggest and well know problem today is Global Warming. It is transmitted by the news everyday that glaciers are melting every day. What does it mean for an average man? On the one hand, a guy will say that this is just propaganda, nonsense, etc but on the other hand it is easy to see how these changes will affect everyone. It is not a secret that the biggest reserves of the fresh water are in the permafrost. And what does the ...

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Introduction

Global warming refers to the gradual rise in the total temperature of the atmosphere of the earth. The rise in temperature is attributed to the effects of the greenhouse gases, which is caused by an increase in the levels of chlorofluorocarbons, carbon (IV) oxide and other pollutants. Global warming affects the climate system of the earth’s atmosphere by increasing both the terrestrial radiation and the radiation from the sun. The ozone is an essential element in the issue of global warming. The ozone absorbs the heat radiated from the sun and the surface of the earth, leading ...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Sustainable forests are managed effectively in order to preserve the ecosystems and the forest. The ecological systems that are reliant on the forest are the streams, watershed and the species that inhabit within the environment. The forest is a working environment that can be harvested for the production for paper and pulp products. The sustainable forest management is an outcome of applying the forest to the benefit of all while conserving the ecological systems that are reliant of the forest. Healthy streams are reliant on the forest for their coverage. The forests also enable the lowing of the temperature in ...

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Introduction Globalization is a process through which economies and human societies have flourished and grown interdependent to each other excelling the cultural, economic, environmental and political impediments. In simple terms, globalization involves a free flow of capital, information, ideas across the globe. This is made possible through the rise of mass media, technological advancement, and improved communication. The impact of globalization in present day world is a growing phenomenon and it is an overheated topic as to the globalization has its advantages and disadvantages. Surely, there is no doubt that some ...

Introduction: What if the countries are not cooperating to protect the ozone layer?

Thesis: Because of the industrial advancements, emissions of non-degradable substances known as CFCs have infiltrated the ozone layer. While there are specific measures that have been taken to reduce these emissions, countries must cooperate in a bid to protect the ozone layer. I. The CFCs and their impact on the ozone.

II. Measures already taken. - Cessation of CFC emissions since 1995 by the developed countries. III. Production Paragraph. - Developing countries that are still producing too much cfcs are likely to reduce emissions due to their effects. IV. Conclusion. - Countries need to ...

Question 1

In the video “Giants upon the Skyline” their first major environmental concern is the environmental destruction by heavy metals in Murray city. The film provided a comprehensive overview of the structural destruction that has been caused by the heavy gases on environment (Murray, 2005).

Question 2

Murray is a city located in the core of Salt Lake valley in the state of Utah. The city began as an agricultural center, as a result of Salt Lake Valley, Murray evolved to an industrial community. The construction of the initial smelter occurred in 1869. The city and the smelter industry performed well until 1948 when many ...

Introduction and Background Information

Climate change occurs as one of the topics that have generated immense debate across various settings all over the globe. This can be accredited to the threats that climate changeposes on the environment and health of the populations. The most worrying concern with regards to climate change is the fact that a significant proportion of the populations are not aware of the detrimental effects that climate changes poses to them. While much has been hypothesized regarding the implications of climate change, it is of the essence to note that the effects posed by climate change are dependent on a wider array ...

Abstract

Cars have always played an important role in the course of human development. In the past, man had a vision to introduce an invention to transport people along long distances. To turn the vision of a self-propelling automobile into reality, it took the development of a reliable combustion engine that operated on liquid fuel. In 1672, the first steam-powered vehicle as a toy for the Chinese emperor was built by Ferdinand Verbiest, a member of a Jesuit mission in China. As the automobile industry grew, so did the rate of environmental pollution. Car engines are considered to be the prime source of air pollution. The ...

The application of the “Precautionary Principle” for the deployment of climate bioengineering initiative requires that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change through the Subsidiary Body for Climate Geoengineering (SBCE) to conduct regular and continuous monitoring initiatives of the perceived adverse and positive effects of the reengineering program. It will also require continuous collaboration and active participation among its different stakeholders.5 The precautionary principle states that if our organization performs an initiative that could pose potential harm to the public in sync with the absence of consensus in the scientific community, the burden of proof that the ...

Introduction

Air pollution is a very strange phenomenon yet it is one that causes severe damage to e person’s health as well as to every other infrastructure that stays in between the community. Air pollution has numerous causes of concern in the modern world and these causes, instead of deteriorating, are only increasing on a daily basis without much cooperation to their basic destabilization . As much as it is the responsibility of world leaders to evoke the world of air pollution, they seem to be halted by business magnates who refuse to stop their mega invested projects in a bid to work ...

Question One

Naturalistic science explanation of the origin of the universe, the origin of life and biological diversity and the time frames involved. Naturalists believe that the planet earth has existed for about six billion years (Smith 2000). The earth together with all other planets came to existence when a cloud of gases containing particles of dust, rock, ice among other particles collapsed to form solid concentrated mass.This resulted in rising temperature leading to formation of the sun. Most of the collapsing matter in the collapsing mass fell into the sun and the rest formed discs in an orbit around the ...

Introduction

Pollution is the disposal of pollutants or contaminants which could alter and destroy the natural environment or even an ecosystem. Pollutants have many forms such as solid, liquid, noise and radiation. There are also many types of environment or natural resources that could be subjected to pollution. Pollution could also be naturally occurring although the main type of pollution which could result to major change is manmade (Helmer, 1997). There are many kinds of pollution, but there are three major kinds due to their size and effect which are water, air and soil pollution.

Water Pollution

Water is one of the ...

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Climate change, or as it is more commonly known as global warming, is something that has been predominant in the world since the dawn of the industrial era. The world has been emitting all kinds of gasses that are harming and destroying the ozone layer as we know it. This destruction of the ozone layer causes temperatures to rise in the oceans and results in the melting of ice caps on both the south poles and the north poles. With such critical melting points emitting more water into the oceans, it sees a rapid change of climate throughout the ...

Sewage at home

For a number of years, my perception of where sewage from our home was being disposed of was very limited. One would easily assume that it is channeled to a nearby river through underground pipes, but that was not the case. Sewage from my home is directed to a near wastewater plant that ensures that it is cleansed. The plant is owned by the county sewage management authority, which also ensures that it operates at an optimum level. This ensures that air pollution, soil pollution and even water pollution is kept to a minimum. As a result of the abundance of homes in my ...

Impacts of Energy East Pipeline Project from Alberta to Quebec

A set of pipes called “conduits” that is used for the conveyance of air, water, gas, or any liquid petroleum products is called pipeline. Piping is used for various industrial (process), marine, transportation, domestic and commercial plumbing purposes. Much of its fabrication comprised of welded, screwed carbon steel piping and pipe fittings. Transportation piping is normally had large diameter and used to convey liquids, slurries, gases over hundreds of kilometers. The pipeline project between Alberta and Quebec is termed as “Energy East Pipeline" and having length of about 4600 Kilometer. That was planned to carry more than 1 million ...

Factories have always been seen as emitters of enormous smokes, which makes factories as major contributors of air pollution. But, aside from the air pollution, factories have been contributing to land pollution, as well as water pollution. These pollutions were mainly because of the emissions of harmful gases, mixing of toxic and hazardous chemicals on natural water resources, direct contact of harmful chemicals and wastes to surface soils (Peterson, para. 1). Moreover, although different factories produce different waste products, still, the environment is always at risk. One of the most familiar effects of factories is how it contributes ...

Introduction

This term paper explores the issue of weather affecting pollution in major cities. In a major city, where there can be a higher proportion of pollution sources in a relatively small geographical area, the effects are likely to be more distinct and concentrated. Whilst there are several causes of air pollution, it is known that the air quality at any given time can be affected by the prevailing weather conditions. For example, strong winds can rapidly transport pollutants released into the air great distances from the originating source. Conversely, in conditions when there is very light wind or in still air, the ...

Industrial Pollution Effects on Global Warming

Introduction Changing climate is also changing our economies, health and communities in almost every part of the world. The fast and rapid industrialization in the past increased the need of thermal power plants and other industries run by fossil fuels. They contributed in atmospheric changes drastically by emitting different pollutants including Co2, CO, SOx and NOx. They have not only threatened the environment by global warming but also give rise to acid rains. These acid rains destroyed forests that are the major sink of greenhouse gases especially carbon dioxide (Held & Soden, 2006). The variety of chemical emission including ...