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- 9461: Oceans
- ... abilities wherever they end up.(Heyerdahl) Although pollution reforms are in place, the clean-up efforts cannot keep up with the constant pollution. These wastes are not degradable; they remain in the ocean causing more death until they wash up on a distant shore. Through sewers and seepage they all head for the ocean, where they remain to accumulate as undesired nuts and bolts in between the cogwheels of a so ...
- 9462: Endangered Manatee
- ... York Times April 11, 1996 The manatee population has suffered a devastating blow so far this year. About 221 manatees have been found dead already. Out of those 221, 128 have no obvious cause of death. Marine biologists have been unable to find the cause of these deaths. They suspect that the Red Tide off of the coast of southwest Florida has some connection with these mysterious deaths. A red tide ...
- 9463: Deforestation
- ... the single greatest cause of tropical rain forest destruction world wide. Air pollution is also a major threat to the forests in the northern hemisphere and is expected to increase. Reduced growth, defoliation and eventual death occur in most affected forests. From 1850 to 1980 the greatest forest losses occurred in North America and the Middle East (-60%), South Asia (-43%) and China (-39%). The highest rates of deforestation per year ...
- 9464: Cfcs Cause Deterioration of the Ozone Layer
- ... in the southern hemisphere. Also, studies suggest that a 1% decrease in stratospheric ozone will result in a 2% increase of skin cancers (Wayne p.49). Moreover, some of these skin cancers can result in death. Malignant melanoma is much more dangerous, however, they are the least common. Malignant melanoma effects the pigment cell in the skin which can spread rapidly to the blood and lymphatic system. Furthermore, Wayne says, these ...
- 9465: The Autumn and the Fall of Leaves
- The Autumn and the Fall of Leaves It is not true that the close of a life which ends in a natural fashion- --life which is permitted to put on the display of death and to go out in glory- --inclines the mind to rest. It is not true of a day ending nor the passing of the year, nor of the fall of leaves. Whatever permanent, uneasy question ...
- 9466: Air Polution
- ... sun through all the layers of pollution within the air (Dinanike 31)? Not only are beautiful sights such as this hidden behind the pollution this world causes everyday, but an increase in diseases, infections and death occurs. What causes pollution? What can we do to prevent it, and get rid of it? Is it fair to the children of the future to have to suffer the consequences that pollution causes? Why ...
- 9467: Problems Caused By Air Pollution
- ... States alone have been estimated at more than $100 billion (Edelson 35). Another cost air pollution has caused is human life, which is incalculable (Edelson 35). Air pollution causes many health problems that lead to death. Also, air pollution causes a great deal of damage to the environment and property. Lot of air pollution creates acid rain, which deteriorates things. Acid rain began to emerge as a serious problem in the ...
- 9468: Acid Rain
- ... the European countries, yet central Europe face a much greater threat since it has a large amount of forest area and about 8% of German's forest face the lethal effect of Waldsterben or forest death of acid rain. Acid rain kill about 50 million hectares of forest that have been damaged in Europe and in Central and Eastern Europe's thousands of tons of pollution each year that 14,000 ...
- 9469: Acid Rain Legislation
- ... the precipitate, it must be consumed by the earth or any other plants. These will receive an excess of water, causing other problems in the hydrologic cycle. This in turn causes a chain reaction of death among our forests. Some regions are more susceptible to acid rain because they don't have enough Alkaline soil to "neutralize" the acid before it is able to destroy the rest of the soil or ...
- 9470: Nuclear Power
- ... rems, severe changes in blood cells and hemorrhage takes place. If someone were to receive more than 600 rems, symptoms would be hairloss, loss in your bodies ability to fight infection and usually results in death. (World Book vol. 16, 79) As you can see, the effects of radiation sickness is not too pleasant. The main reason for building a repository is to keep people and the environment safe from deadly ...
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