Noise pollution

Everyday, things like driving to work and throwing something away can little by little start chipping away at the earth. Cars produce pollution, and trash goes into a landfill somewhere. Climate change needs our help to stop it. Little things like walking to working and recycling can help and change our ways to save the earth. Climate change is ravaging earth, and we can stop it. One thing to do is stop littering. Littering can kill animals if they eat or get stuck in trash such as…

help clean the bay. Although in Massachusetts when they first realized that the harbor was terribly dirty the MWRA took immediate action to do something and it was easier to do so because only one state was involved. The TMDL is referred to a pollution diet because it states that certain amounts of pollutants can still be added to the bay and the water is still considered good quality. As for the MWRA they stopped sewage from being discharged into the harbor so that pollutants would stop…

Plastic marine debris has become increasingly problematic. Angela Sun, a journalist from California, made a movie called, “Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch.” The movie is about plastic marine debris and how it affects wildlife. Sun heard from a friend about this giant island in the Pacific Ocean called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Most people believe that the garbage patch is a very large, solid patch of garbage sitting in the Pacific Ocean. They do not know that the patch…

When I was 6 the movie Wall-E came out. I was fascinated by the thought of the world piling up with trash and humans moving to another planet. Much to my relief, my mom reassured me that it was just a movie. It looks like the world that Wall-E lived in could be a global reality, until Dutch aerospace engineer and inventor Boyan Slat raised over 2 million dollars to fund his new invention, The Ocean Vacuum. Since we live in a world where over 5 trillion pounds of plastic litter the ocean this is…

Impact of Mining on Australia’s History Since the early eighteenth century, mining in Australia has had a pivotal impact on the development of the economy and environment, which has successfully continued unto today as one of Australia's most fundamental industries. In particular, the Glen Osmond silver-lead mines in South Australia have not only produced significant amounts of silver lead since its foundation, yet has also been recognised as the establishment of mining in Australia, which has…

Therefore it is exposed to a lot of human pressure and pollution. Among the possible threat caused by humans is fishing. Fishing with the use of electricity has to the death of about 40 individuals. In other cases the dolphins get tangle in fishing gear. On certain occasions ships carrying pesticide may flip over, this further pollutes the ecosystem, leading to more and more deaths. Another root cause to the pollution in the Yangtze is the fact that every year, 15.6 billion cubic meters…

significantly smaller 32 percent. One heartbreaking aspect of these deaths was the fact that in twenty-nine percent of these headphone related accidents, a car horn was honked loudly or repeatedly, someone without headphones in would have heard such noise and been warned of the fatal danger that was approaching (www.npr.org). Many states recommend that you play music as low as possible while wearing headphones and walking, jogging, skating, or skateboarding to prevent these types of…

Over the past years, industrialized nations, such as the United States (U.S.) and Europe, have ridded their nations of waste by participating in the international waste trade. The international waste trade is when industrialized nations export toxic wastes created in their country and relocate it to other undeveloped countries. This has become a debate issues due to various factors. In 1987, Sunday Nana, a Nigerian, illegally signed a contract allowing Italians, Renato Pent and Gianfranco…

Pollution is a problem that has been going on since the time of the Romans. It is a serious problem and we need to confront it. Pollution affects us negatively how we live on our planet. There are many different types of pollution such as air, water, and land pollution. All these pollutants are poison to us and are killing us slowly. Water is needed for everything on earth. The earth is 96.5% water while the surface is covered with 71% water (USGS). Now, what is even more surprising is that…

B. We were raising awareness for soil pollution throughout the world. Soil pollution is the contamination of soil with harmful substances that can adversely the health or the soil and the health of those living on it. C. Industrial activity has been the biggest contributor of soil pollution. Since the amount of mining and manufacturing have significantly increased, most industries are dependant on extracting minerals from the Earth. This is industrial activity. Whether it is iron ore or coal,…