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…and stagnant conditions could cause smoke particles and poisonous gases to remain in the air and increase chemical reactions that generate other pollutants. Such conditions increase the risk of respiratory diseases like bronchitis and asthma. More floods…

…and economists realize that economic valuation of tropical goods leaves out or "externalizes" too many costs, such as pollution that damages the environment, while failing to "capture" the whole value of environmental goods and services (Costanza et al. 1997a, Dailey…

…forests of the sea”. These displays and marine lives are being destroyed each day primarily due to lack of respect for the ocean life. Everyone must work together to stop the pollution and destruction of our coral reefs and the environment around it. Corals…

…practices, land-based sources of pollution such as agricultural runoff, and excessive coastal development all have detrimental effects on delicate reefs. Global warming due to increased concentrations of greenhouse gases may result in sea-level rise and higher…

…or basic. A change of one unit on the pH scale represents a factor of ten in acidity; for example, a solution with a pH of five is ten times as acid as one with a pH of six (Somerville, 1996, p.174). Normal or clean rainfall--without pollutants--is slighty…

…. This includes drilling oil in the Arctic Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. That may temporarily solve the oil supply crisis, but will only add to pollution, destruction of animal habitat, and dependence. Fossil fuel production and usage causes numerous environmental…

…1986 …. .making the complex arguably the most polluted site in the United States” (Hertsgaard 138). This evidence about past nuclear cover-ups, lack of proper controls, planning and experience with nuclear technology suggests a need for an international…

…Do Fertilizers Affect Society? Fertilizers are essential to agriculture; however, excessive use of it can have harmful effects on plants and crops, on soil quality, the environment (as it contributes to soil and water pollution), and also on humans…

…engineering plants to be resistant to herbicides that they manufacture so they can sell more herbicides to farmers who, in turn, can apply more poisonous herbicides to crops to kill weeds. Such a detrimental cycle would surely be continuous and further pollute our…

…reduction in the emission of fossil fuel pollution. First, it will generate 18000 megawatts of electricity, which would reduce the country's reliance on coal by one tenth. Hence reducing China's overall greenhouse gases. Second, it will prevent…