Imagine touring the DC monuments and being in awe of their beauty. Suddenly, you look and see the filthy and disgusting water of the Potomac River, ruining your beautiful image of Washington, DC. The Potomac River is not safe to swim in because of the pollution from overflowing sewage and runoff that occurs due to rain. This problem has an impact on the residents of Washington, DC, as well as tourists and students. Due to the pollution in the Potomac...
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Dairy farming in New Zealand is the intensive production of milk. Milk must go through a process to meet the specific market requirements before it is eventually sold as a dairy product. For farmers to have an optimum yield of milk produced, they will need to ensure their pasture is fertilized. Cows eat grass which is mainly made up of nitrogen and when a cow eats grass, it eats all the nitrogen. Some of the nitrogen stays in the cow...
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Nonpoint-source pollution is the cumulative result of our everyday personal actions and our local land use policies. Here’s a brief rundown on the major types of pollutants carried by runoff. Pathogens Pathogens are disease causing microorganisms, such as bacteria and viruses that come from the fecal waste of animals and humans. Pathogens wash off the land from wild animal, farm animal and pet waste, and can also enter the lake from improperly functioning septic systems, leaky sewer lines and boat...
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Indonesia is a country in Southeast Asia, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It is the largest island country in the world, with more than 17,000 islands, and at 1,904,569 square kilometres. With more than 261 million people, it is considered to be the fourth most populous country in the world. More than half of the country’s population lives in the island ‘Java’. As far as the government in Indonesia is concerned, it is a presidential, constitutional republic with an...
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Introduction Pollution, we heard about this phrase almost everyday in our life, and it is getting worse with the world development and modernization. There are many types of pollutions affecting our nature that can cause humorous damaged to the environment, the ecosystem and our health; such as land pollution, air pollution, water pollution, noise and light pollution, etc. Among the several types of pollutions mentioned above, this essay will be focusing on light pollution and the problems associated with. As...
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In this research, we are going to explore the adverse effects of pollution on our environment. Pollution is the process of contaminating the environment (Oxford advanced learners dictionary pg 900). This causes discomfort, disorder, instability or even harm to physical features and living things of a place. It comes in various forms, but the main four are air, water, soil and noise pollution. The increase of human activity on the earth consequently increased pollution. It has been very hazardous. This...
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Introduction to Environmental Ethics Environmental ethics deals with the moral and ethical relationship between humans and the nature. In other words it questions a human on its rights on non human world. While ethical issues concerning the environment have been debated for centuries, environmental ethics did not emerge as a philosophical issue until the 1970s i.e the start of Industrialisation . Its emergence was the result of increased awareness of how the rapidly growing world population and their demands was...
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