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Nick Ames

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 GLOBAL WARMING

Definition: Global warming is the observed

increase in average temperature if the Earth’s
atmosphere and oceans in recent decades. It is
due to the increased amounts of greenhouse
gasses like C02. Greenhouse gasses absorb the
infrared rays that heat the planet, instead of
allowing them to escape the atmosphere.

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 Major Issues
 Increased gasses are a result of human
population increase and inventions such as
gas exhaust from cars.
 Increase in global temperature can result
in the increase of sea level and amount of
precipitation, in turn creating floods
 Other theories believe that global warming
is within the natural cyclic fluctuations.
We are just at a high point in temperature.

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 DEFORESTATION

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Definition: The conversion of forested

areas to non-forest land use such as urban
use or farmable land. This removal of trees
with insufficient amounts of reforestation

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 It alters the amount of water in the soil
and ground water and the moisture in the
atmosphere.
 We have no methods to remove CO2 and
pollutants from the air aside from trees
that clean the air for us.
 Runoff is faster and more flooding may
occur.
 Displaces natural wildlife, sometimes with
fatal effects.

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 ENDANGERED
SPECIES

Definition: A population of
something which is either few in
numbers or threatened by
environmental factors of becoming
extinct.
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 Loss of a species in itself, morally and
genetically.
 Destabilizes the eco system as a whole,
removing one species may remove a link to
the food chain, other species who interact
or depend on them may starve. Also, one
species may become more rampart if not
removed by another.

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Pollution

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 Definition
 Any substance which in excess is
known to be harmful to any living
organism.

Two Categories
Point Source Non Point Source

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 Point Source
 Usually confined sources of air and
water pollution such as pipes that
enter into a stream or chimney
stacks emitting waste into the
atmosphere.
 Examples: Factories, Oil Spills

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 Non-Point Source

 Diffused or intermittent sources of pollution,

can be air or water.
 Non-Point sources are those that don’t have
powerful/concentrated amounts of pollution
 Examples: Crop Runoff, Landfills

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 Crop Runoff

 Crop runoff involves the movement of

water over a surface.
 Crop runoff becomes pollution when
harmful chemicals that are often placed on
crops are carried from the fields into
nearby bodies of water.

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 Landfills

 Landfills are used to deposit wasted

material.
 Water pollution can occur when hazardous
material makes its way into nearby
aquifers and groundwater tables.

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 Water Pollution
 All human activities in which there are adverse effects
to bodies of water. Natural occurrences such as
volcanoes are typically not included as water pollution.

 Possible contaminants could include organic and

inorganic matter. Pollution sources range from surface
runoff to industrial discharge.

 Water pollution kills fish and destroys plant life. It can

also harm human beings, besides the fact that we are
consumers of fish. Water pollution can eliminate
valuable drinking water and can create sickness and
even death.

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 Effects of Pollution
 Pollution has a great impact on humans. It
can cause cancer, immune diseases,
allergies, and asthma. It can kill many
other organisms, other than humans.
 Pollution can have damaging effects to the
brain and the central nervous system.
 Environmentally pollution can decrease the
lifespan of earth’s natural commodities such
as vegetation, minerals, and wildlife.

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 Air Pollution
 Air pollution is the presence of any
chemical, biological or physical matter that
is changes the atmosphere.
 Human sources include: burning of fossil
fuels, automobiles, and other chemical
additives
 Natural sources: dust particles, smoke from
wildfires.

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 Pollution from Automobiles

 Automobile pollution is a very important issue

and many advancements have been made in the
field. Scientists have created more efficient cars
that can run on fuel that breaks down easier and
emits less volatile substances.
 America is dominated with automobiles and
almost every family has at least one.
 Although improvements have been made, this
topic is still up for debate. Also, solutions are
being sorted out to see which has the most up
side. The big debate is between ethanol and
electric automobiles.

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 Factories and Industries
 In 1007 a total of 16,462 tons of factory
waste were not re-used as resources.
 83% of total factory waste consists of
liquid waste acid from the distillation of
products.
 These liquid and gas waste products from
factories greatly increases the affects of
global warming.

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 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
 One of the most devastating environmental
disasters to occur at sea, seriously affecting plants
and wildlife.

 The ship carrying the oil carried 53,094,510 gallons

of oil which 10.8 million gallons were spilled.
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 Reference Page
 www.unitedstreaming.org

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exxon_Valdez_oil_sp
ill

 http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRpollution
.htm

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