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…number of terrestrial and aquatic species and whole ecosystems are in danger of disappearing due to the combined effects of pollution, habitat loss and other human-caused impacts". The damage to these ecosystems is certainly increasing as the production…

…. Couple that with destructive fishing practices, land-based sources of pollution such as agricultural runoff, and excessive coastal development, and you can begin to understand the detrimental effects we are having on the delicate reefs. Changes in sea level…

…. Nuclear energy produces more energy per unit weight than coal and oil, releases no pollutants into the atmosphere and is less cancer causing than the burning of coal and oil. Yet nuclear power has been attacked in the US since the day that it was instituted…

…and pollution. The time it takes a population to double in size is a dramatic way to picture rates of population growth, one more easily understood than percentage growth rates. Human populations grow in a pattern that is essentially exponential. According…

…fog that is a result of very bad air pollution. This is true on some days in Mexico City. Mexico City is one of the most polluted cities in the world and the mountains that surround the city hold the thick and ugly fog in. Acid rain has been known…

…responsibility not to pollute (Text, p. #476). Plants and nonhuman animals do not have such a moral duty. Because we have moral responsibilities, we are more valuable than anything else in nature. It can be argued by the deep ecology view…

…. Some of these needed power plants will create pollution which can damage the environment; the only way to minimize the pollution is to choose the right power plant. Conventional power sources, such as coal, are known for the pollution they create. Newly…

…to adequate sanitation. Inside smoky dwellings of developing countries, air pollution is often higher than it is outdoors in the world's most congested cities. In these settlements, garbage collection is often nonexistent and drainage tends to be poor, creating…

…is very useful, but we are the one that endangers it with pollution. The most common pollution is trash and the chemical waste. People go to sea to fish or to swim they always leave trashes like cans and plastic bag. These things are not easy to dissolve…

…of man.' Ehrlich here explains the one of the most pressing problems facing man in the 20th century. In Population Bomb Ehrlich explains that pollution, shortages, and an overall deterioation of the standard of living is all due to overpopulation…