Pollution
Pollution is the contamination of the environment which is a serious problem that causes instability, disorder, harm and discomfort to the ecosystem and those who live in it. There are many types of pollution such as water pollution, air pollution, sound pollution, soil pollution etc. Pollution happens every single day and it has now become the way of living.
Among the many types of water pollutants such as chemical, microbiological, ground, and surface water pollutants; Oil spills are the most harmful and pollutant type. In most situations oil spills occur from people making mistakes or being careless to natural disasters such as hurricanes. Oil floats on waters such as the ocean, rivers and lakes and spreads fast across large bodies on top of the surface as a thin layer called oil slick. While it continues to spread it gets thinner, finally becoming sheen, which appears to look like a rainbow sitting on water, this can also be seen on roads and vehicles. This can be very dangerous to the animals that live in the environment, as well as people because it contaminates foods. Some species that oil spills can be very harmful to are marine birds, mammals and also can harm fish and shellfish. You possibly have seen pictures of oiled birds and sea otters that have been affected by oil spills, covered in thick coats. Oil destroys the ability of fur-bearing mammals, such as sea otters, and the water-repelling abilities of a bird's feathers; this can result in a deadly consequence.
Many birds and animals also ingest oil when they try to clean themselves, or when drinking water, which can poison them. This ultimately takes a toll on rescue workers because they have to put funds into cleaning the environment, and clean the ...
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• Purchase organic food that is produced without chemical pesticides being used.
•Dispose of hazardous materials, such as paint, motor oil, antifreeze and lawn fertilizers responsibly, never down household drains or in the gutter
Needless to say there are many things that are causing pollution, and although pollution will never cease there are many ways we can take a stand and help pollution decrease. After all this is out home and we do not want continue to shorten the years we have for healthy living. Some ways we can begin to stop pollution is beginning in our house hold, for example not littering, recycling plastics, using less energy than needed, keeping noise to a minimum, and being aware of how we effect nature. I believe if we all begin to do those small things this earth would be a healthier place to live and allow us to remain on a healthy planet longer.
In this essay, the author
- Opines that solutions to pollution must be found in order to cease the slowly forming destruction of our planet.
- Explains that bioenergy is created from living things such as trees and plants. selected crops are grown, taking corn and soybeans for example, and harvested to create energy.
- Explains that wind turbines transform kinetic energy by creating air into mechanical energy, then it is transformed into electricity. wind energy does not emit solid wastes, but it can also have a negative effect of noise pollution.
- Explains that hydroelectricity is electricity created by gravitational force of falling or flowing water. many of our dams are used as hydroelectric plants, which is the most widely used renewable energy.
- States that pollution is a serious problem that causes instability, disorder, harm and discomfort to the ecosystem and those who live in it.
- Explains that geothermal energy is the naturally reoccurring thermal energy created by the earth's inner core. electric cars are powered by electricity rather than the use of gasoline.
- Opines that we can reduce pollution by recycling plastics, using less energy, keeping noise to a minimum, and being aware of how we affect nature.
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In this essay, the author
- Explains that as the world continues to use this powerful, non-renewable resource more and more, accidents are very possible at any time.
- Explains that many organisms take damage when it comes to oil spills, but most populations are robust enough to survive precarious situations.
- Explains that red algae, mangrove trees, and shoreline plants have all shown negative impacts from previous oil spills.
- Explains the effects of marine oil spills on the environment, which vary with the type of oil that was spilled.
- Explains that oil spills affect the economy, both nationally and locally, because many communities rely on bodies of water as a source of income.
- Opines that oil spills affect every aspect of an area, and the economy can deteriorate locally and nationally as bodies of water serve many economic purposes worldwide.
- Cites oceana.org, itopf, nwf, national wildlife federation, and noaa.
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In this essay, the author
- Explains the importance of preserving the health and diversity of the world's oceans. oceans supply our ozone with life supporting oxygen, control the earth’s weather patterns, and are home to over a million different species.
- Explains that the oceans are being over fished and fish populations are dwindling more rapidly than ever.
- Explains that oil spills and pollution can be the cause of death too much of the local marine life. an oil slick can cover up to 50 square miles polluting, and damaging all the ecosystems
- Explains that even though oil spills are not an everyday ordeal, the seepage of toxic chemicals and waste filtrates into our ocean with devastating results.
- Opines that what we do in our oceans will more than likely come back and get us 2 fold of that we did to the marine life. the marine creatures don't deserve it and never will.
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In this essay, the author
- Explains that the bp oil spill impacted the environment negatively. the polluted air and the contamination of the food chain were the two impacts that grabbed their attention.
- Recommends that the oil company hire more men to put on bored when the action of drilling is going on, and change the type of pipe they are using to transfer the drilled oil.
- Explains that solomon, g., & janssen, s. (2010). health effects of the gulf oil spill.
- Opines that bp is putting in good effort to try and get the waters back to their natural baseline condition.
769 wordsRead More - Besides the accidental spillage affecting severe damage to the environment and then causing harm to humans, there are direct impacts on human health from oil. Problems suc...
In this essay, the author
- Explains that water and ecosystems are important to public health all over the globe, as water touches all of our lives.
- Explains that louisianans depend on oil as one of earth's limited resources, and it is central to our way of life. new technologies and innovations with oil contributing are making for a prosperous future.
- Opines that the free market's ability to allocate nonrenewable resources over time does not solve our oil problems now or in the future. a lack of oil, or energy, in a region leads to poverty and fear.
- Explains that oil spills can have devastating effects on ecosystems, such as bp's deep-water horizon spill, which affected multiple livelihoods in the mississippi delta.
- Opines that depletion of species of seafood that provide food, revenue, and entire lifestyles crippled certain sectors of the economy.
- Explains that researchers still aren't sure what direct effects oil has on human health; however, when workers on an oil spill were tested against those with less exposure for significant dna damage in their cells, the damage was repaired.
- Explains that oil is causing an adverse effect on the mississippi river delta and the wetlands of louisiana, but it is the economic aspect of oil that causes the main damage.
- Explains that major crude oil spills have severely damaged the environment, the exxon valdez spill in alaska, amoco cadiz spill off the coast of france, and the deliberate dumping into the persian gulf in the gulf war.
- Explains that there have been strides towards treating petroleum-tainted waters with wetlands themselves, often at the expense of major united states petroleum companies.
- Cites chautier, catherine, and harrison, paul. "bp oil disaster threatens mississippi delta goods and services worth far more than bp's value".
- Analyzes how the gulf of mexico oil spill has countless livelihoods in limbo.
- Describes who's "water, health, and ecosystems" and stephen f. williams' "running out: the problem of exhaustible resources."
- Describes scutchfield, f. douglas, and c. william keck's principles of public health.
- Analyzes marshall's "last chance: the fight to save a disappearing coast." the times-picayune.
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In this essay, the author
- Explains that oil spills are disasters that have dramatically affected the world in the past and present. they are caused by accidents involving tankers, barges, pipelines, refineries, and storage facilities.
- Explains the different types of oil spilled in different ecosystems. light oils affect the environment the least, as they evaporate within 1-2 days, while medium oils contain moderate concentrations of toxic compounds.
- Explains that the macondo exploration well for bp spilled 176 gallons of heavy crude oil into the gulf of mexico. the accident occurred because of a well integrity failure, followed by the blowout preventer equipment failing to control the flow from the well.
- Explains the impact of the bp oil spill on marine ecosystems, including fish, plants, and zooplankton.
- Explains that seabirds are affected by oil spills as they are the most vulnerable open water creatures. fouling of the birds' plumage causes hypothermia, and reduces their ability to fly.
- Explains that bp began working with state and federal trustees through the natural resource damage assessment process to assess the wildlife and ecosystems damaged by the incident.
- Explains that the deepwater horizon oil spill devastated the gulf of mexico and the gulf itself.
1526 wordsRead More - A Summary Of The Sea Empress Oil Spill And The BP Oil Spillexplanatory essayOil provides us with many necessities in our lives. Cosmetics, medicines, cleaning products, asphalt, food, plastic, and most importantly, petroleum. But of course, nothing comes without a price. The oil that makes our lives so much more convenient, is also ironically gradually killing the environment, this very Earth that we live in. One of the biggest environmental concerns come from oil spills. Oil spill is defined as “ the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially marine areas, due to human activity, and is a form of pollution.” Let’s look at some examples of these oil spills.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that the sea empress and bp oil spills have had major damages to their environment. different species have been killed and endangered because of the polluted waters.
- Explains that the cleanup process for both spills was drastically different, and it led to a completely different result.
- Explains that the bp oil spill affected many of the working industries in the gulf of mexico.
- Explains that wildlife in the gulf of mexico was affected the most by the bp oil spill. the shoreline has become uninhabitable and the area has had a serious economic decline.
- Explains the bp oil spill occurred on april 20, 2010 in the gulf of mexico, 50 miles off the louisiana coast. the deepwater horizon well was rocked by a sudden explosion killing 11 people and then began burning.
- Explains that the spilling of oil in the gulf of mexico soiled the marshes and beaches causing great harm to the wildlife that lived there.
- Explains how the sea empress affected the fishing industry in pembrokeshire and south carmarthenshire.
- Explains that the sea empress oil spill occurred on february 19th, 1996 at milford haven, south wales. the damage caused by the spill was incredible.
- Explains that many factors prevented the spill from turning out worse than it could have been, such as the low environmental use and vulnerability of seabirds, wind blowing from the north, and early dispersal of chemicals.
- Analyzes how the measures people take to clean up the oil spill show how people learn from previous mistakes and utilize the new learnt information to current problems.
- Explains that oil provides us with many necessities in our lives, but it also ironically kills the environment, this very earth that we live in.
980 wordsRead More - Persuasive Speech On Pollutionanalytical essayPollution is causing the destruction of environments and habits resulting in many adverse affects. The types of environments that are heavily damaged by pollution is normally freshwater ones. Polluting factors such as untreated sewage, mining waste, acid rain, fertilizers and pesticides
In this essay, the author
- Urges more people to realize that pollution is an issue that needs to be prevented because of its negative consequences, which are health affects, the destruction of environments, and the death of animals and plants.
- Explains that pollution is causing the destruction of environments and habits resulting in many adverse affects. the statistics released by the indonesian ministry of higher education show how much pollution can affect a certain environment.
- Explains that pollution destroys plants and affects the health of animals and humans. the world health organization states that air pollution is now the world’s largest single environmental health risk.
- Explains that many abandoned areas and cities in the world are showing the detrimental effects of pollution. the town of pizzeria, oklahoma, was abandoned in 2009, and the nuclear power plant incident in chernobyl was also abandoned.
- Explains that antipollution methods save industries money in the long run. the kirsch center and the mlc building are environmentally friendly and save de anza tons of money.
- Explains that people are against pollution prevention because of long legislation bureaucracy that costs time and money, and the cost of implementing it.
- Argues that the biggest issue with preventing pollution is the cost, whether it is affordable and worth the costs of implementation.
- Argues that the argument on pollution prevention is a no brainer because the pros outweigh the cons. it's time for our generation to stop conforming to the ideologies of being conservative and short sighted.
1498 wordsRead More - The Effects of Ocean Pollution on the Environmentopinion essay“ Effects of Oil Spills on Marine and Coastal Wildlife” Holly K. Ober. WEB. 19 May 2014
In this essay, the author
- Opines that the way humans dispose of their wastes is causing the death of our beloved marine life and minimizing our usable water.
- Explains that pollution comes in many forms, including human wastes, chemicals from fertilizers, oil, and trash, which contribute to the growing issue of ocean pollution.
- Explains that industrial pollution is a large contributor to the pollution of our vast oceans. in the 1970s, there were 17 million tons of industrial waste that legally dumped into the ocean.
- Explains that oil spills have major impacts on marine life, including ingestion, absorption, and inhalation.
- Opines that the way humans dispose of their wastes is causing the death of our beloved marine life and minimizing our usable water.
- Explains that pollution comes in many forms, including human wastes, chemicals from fertilizers, oil, and trash, which contribute to the growing issue of ocean pollution.
- Explains that industrial pollution is a large contributor to the pollution of our vast oceans. in the 1970s, there were 17 million tons of industrial waste that legally dumped into the ocean.
- Explains that oil spills have major impacts on marine life, including ingestion, absorption, and inhalation.
- Opines that the best large-scale technique would be skimming as long as the weather does not interfere.
- Explains that our oceans are fragile to the constant threat of pollution, and they need the help of every willing person to keep them clean.
- Cites the article "10 biggest oil spills in history." popular mechanics. web. 20 may 2014.
- Analyzes the effects of oil spills on marine and coastal wildlife.
1635 wordsRead More - Position Paper about Trash in Campuscomparative essayPollution is so harmful to human beings. Polluted water can cause many kinds of diseases, such as diarrhea, enteritis, and so on. And sometimes the diseases even take man’s life. Dirty air or air-borne garbage causes stinging eyes and running nose. Pollutants are destructive. They will cause runs in stockings and crack rubber tires and they always eat away at stone and rust iron. Time and time again, there are serious accidents that polluted the air. For example, At 1986 there was a bad accident at a nuclear power station in Russia. A cloud of radiation crossed the whole Europe. It is said that 125,000 people died in Russia as a result of illnesses caused by that accident. In 1984 there was an accident at a factory in India and a dangerous cloud gas covered the town of Bhopal. Over 2,500 people were killed that night, and hundreds and thousands of people were injured. Many of the injured lost their sight, and it really dangerous, even in our imagination.
In this essay, the author
- Opines that environmental pollution plays a very important role in the biggest questions in our everyday life.
- Explains that pollution is harmful to human beings. polluted water can cause diarrhea, enteritis, and so on.
- Recommends designing and developing clean cars and clean fuels, and restricting the use of private cars.
- Opines that water pollution is a dangerous public hazard and that governments should take measures to deal with it.
- Suggests that government should publish a law to cancel the "free" bags in supermarkets like publix and walmart.
- Concludes that it will be a long way for us to go to have "clean" world. they believe in the future, there are only green trees, red flowers, singing birds and all the beauties in our campus.
787 wordsRead More - Environmental Problems Essayexplanatory essayThere are lots of environmental issues going on globally. The earth faces problems such as pollution, global warming, waste disposal, and loss of biodiversity. These are just a small amount of issues out of the so many. These environmental problems pose an abundant amount of risk to the health of humans and animals. There needs to be a solution to all these problems and that is by informing others, so that way everyone can make the environment a better place.
In this essay, the author
- Opines that pollution, global warming, waste disposal, and loss of biodiversity pose an abundant amount of risk to the health of humans and animals. there needs to be a solution to all these problems.
- Explains that pollution is the action of making land, water, and air dirty and not safe or suitable to use. air pollution dates back to the 18th century when the industrial revolution began.
- Explains that global warming is an increase in average global temperatures, which leads to rising temperatures of the oceans and the earth's surface.
- States that america and europe are at the top of the list for most waste generated according to waste (4). they state that the amount of waste produced is increasing at a rate faster than population growth.
- Explains that the earth is facing environmental issues such as pollution, global warming, waste disposal, and loss of biodiversity.
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