Nonpoint source pollution

in India) Rather than a blue sky, your view would be of a sky turned gray from the excessive amounts of air pollution. Walking out of a building in India, instead of breathing in fresh, clean air, you would be inhaling air contaminated by the toxins that have infiltrated it. The noise from the hundreds of vehicles on the street that are causing pollution is overwhelming. India’s air pollution is an imminent…

Abstract In the book, Silent Springs Ms. Rachel Carson began a new movement. Rachel Carson brought to light the many dangers pesticides such as DDT have on the environment, animals, and humans. This environmental movement offered new insight about the harm pesticides have on all living organisms. In Silent Spring Rachel Carson starts an environmental movement by informing the public of the dangers of pesticides, which causes a shift in views towards pesticides and the harm they do to the…

Previous generations were concerned about civil war, anti-war protests, etc. today the moral crisis of our generation is the environmental deterioration and how we can fix it. The damage is already done, but now the environmental weight of the world is being placed on the shoulders of today’s younger generation. What is the proper way to educate the younger generation so they learn from our destructive lifestyle? This is a popular controversial topic among educators today. Out of the classroom…

cause harm to human health and the environment. These waste products have social, economic and environmental implications. The effects associated with combustion of hydrocarbons provide incentives for society to find and develop alternative energy sources that are less harmful. The greenhouse effect and global warming have severe impacts on our environment. Certain gases in our atmosphere,…

“There is an odor I cannot idenitify. It is not frm human waste or people who have not bathed in days, although those smells are also prevalent. It is the scent of fear permeating the air around me. It is everywhere, in the eyed of the men and women around me, in our clothing and our sweat.” – Rena Kornreich Gelissen on her arrival at Auschwitz Auschwitz and Auschwitz Birkenau: Auschwitz and Auschwitz- Birkenau (sometimes known as Auschwitz 1 and Auschwitz 2) are the biggest and most infamous…

What a blighted day. I was hoping to go out to the sea drowning myself in the cool sea water fighting against the heat wave. But it wasn’t that easy. Flying through the air with a hunk of metal would be crazy talk but in the days where internet doesn’t exist. The flight was pleasant, the air stewardess were gorgeous with their curves all at the right place. The flight meal for once taste amazing. Absolutely amazing. Who would have thought I would enjoy an airplane meal. Yet there will always…

ENERGY. Processing raw materials that come from trees and other natural resources takes more energy than recycling materials. Recycling paper takes less energy than make new paper products from trees. Even transporting these materials from their source takes a significant amount of energy. So by opting to recycling,…

I believe everyone has an ability to create a positive change in community. As Kofi Annan, the former secretary general of United Nations said, “Young people should be at the forefront of global change and innovation”, strengthen my desire that I am an agent of change to make this world a better place. The little change I always want to install is creating sustainability and better livelihood as a solution because humanity is placing inordinate demands on nature and our environment condition is…

Plastic bags should be banned becaues they contribute to the pollution in our world. Plastic bags are lightweight, so they can travel long distances by water or wind. Because they are lightweight they can easily blow out of trashes and they can possibly clog waterways, damage land (10 reasons why plastic bags should be banned, 2017,October 26). Also plastic bags can contribute and make ideal breeding grounds for mosquitoes (which countries have banned plastic bags?, 2003-2018). They also litter…

Shrimp aquaculture is considered to be one of the most environmentally destructive forms of modern agriculture affecting mangroves directly [83]. Aquaculture destroys the mangroves to create shrimp ponds, reduce the ground water levels, and cause pollution to the surface water from the pond effluents [100]. Lack of long-term conservation and management of natural resources are the greatest shortcoming of shrimp aquaculture [40]. Researchers have noticed that the world’s mangroves will disappear…