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    stresses: 1) elevated sea surface temperature (that can cause coral bleaching and related mortality), and 2) ocean acidification.” “Experimental evidence shows that increased OA (ocean acidification) and thermal stress combined have a greater harmful effect on both larval success and growth rates than either factor alone, which could make coral recovery even more difficult when both stressors occur simultaneously (and at less severe levels than those required to induce harm by either stressor…

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    revolution promotes industrialization and it led to the creation of factories. The creation of factory, which was promoted by industrial revolution, improved the manufacturing process, and the improvements means that production was increased as the effect of industrial revolution. The improvement of production helped the increase of the availability of consumers’ good, and this helped the rise of consumerism culture. The rise of consumerism contributed to the rise of supply, and this…

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    life forms and produce harmful toxins. Read more : http://www.ehow.com/how-does_4565075_phosphates-affect-water-quality.html In Excess…

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    MARINE POLLUTION The effect that marine pollution has on people’s lives, often goes unnoticed. “Out of sight, out of mind,” is what author Ted Danson said in his book, Oceana. If people knew how their everyday life effected the ocean, they would be appalled. The oceans are dying right in front of people’s eyes, yet they continue to contribute to the ocean’s downfall. Only when you look below the surface, when you really dive deep, do you begin to understand what great peril the oceans are truly…

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    of natural gas (“11 Facts About Air Pollution”) The three common types of pollution are: • Air Pollution • Water Pollution • Land Pollution AIR POLLUTION Air pollution is when the air contains pollutants, such as gases, dust, fumes or odor, in harmful…

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    Today’s society in the United States is a technological paradise where answers can be found in the blink of an eye on a smart phone and trips across the world can be made in a matter of hours. Innovations and constant breakthroughs have made people smarter and more efficient but, consequently, have also made the nation, as a whole, distracted. With on-going industrialization, the environment has taken an abrupt turn for the worst. The solution for the past few decades has been to “go green.”…

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    Living Lands and Waters 73,374 tires, 981 refrigerators and 1,501 propane tanks, among a countless list of other trash items were found dumped into the Mississippi and its tributaries. These items were collected by Chad Pregracke, and his non-profit organization called Living Lands and Waters (livinglandsandwaters.org, 2015). This organization is dedicated to restore America’s once pristine rivers and waterways. This organization deserves support for not only restoring the rivers for recreation…

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    contribute very much to the matter. Since the effects of pollution are so great, people must come together to agree upon what to do regarding this issue. While there are currently various laws and efforts in place to reduce marine pollution, people must continue to work in order to make a…

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    small mountain and a huge civic center that will meet any and every need of our citizens. A major problem that we were faced with was the large amounts of trash associated with large cities. There are many types of waste problems in our city. We have plastic, paper, aluminum cans etc. Most cities burn all of their trash or they rot it in a landfill. But this causes pollution and takes up up resources such as land and good…

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    up with the pollution, and are getting sick and dying because of it. All this pollution from the urban sprawl is cutting down the biodiversity of our planet. Like the other two effects of the urban sprawl, pollution is mainly caused by humans. It is a byproduct of burning coal because when coal is burned, it releases harmful chemicals like sulfur, lead, mercury, chromium, arsenic, and cadmium. These chemicals can cause sickness, chronic illness, and death to any organism that comes in contact…

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