Environmental Degradation

 Newton’s third law ( indirectly responsible

 All forces in the universe occur in equal but oppositely directed pairs. There are no isolated
forces; for every external force that acts on an object there is a force of equal magnitude but
opposite direction which acts back on the object which exerted that external force.

 Environmental Degradation

 The World’s Leading Environmental Problems The Conserve Energy Future website 212 lists the
following environmental challenges that the
 Depredation caused by industrial and transportation toxins and plastic in the ground:
-industrial waste- Industrial waste is an all-encompassing term used to describe material
considered to be no longer of use after a manufacturing process has been completed.
- example : Various types of factories
Mining
Textile mills
Food manufacturing
Consumer goods
Industrial chemicals
Printing and publishing
 Types of indutial: liquid, Solid, Chemical waste
-dirty water, organic liquids, rinse water, waste detergents,. install wastewater
treatment facilities
 Most of this plastic disintegrates into particles smaller than five millimetres, known as
microplastics, and these break down further into nanoparticles (less than 0.1 micrometre in
size). The problem is that these particles are entering the food chain.
 Microplastics can also interact with soil fauna, affecting their health and soil functions.
“Earthworms, for example, make their burrows differently when microplastics are present in the
soil, affecting the earthworm's fitness and the soil condition,” says an article in Science Daily
about the research.
 plastic particles break down, they gain new physical and chemical properties, increasing the
risk that they will have a toxic effect on organisms. And the larger the number of potentially
affected species and ecological functions, the more likely it is that toxic effects will occur.
 One of the main sources is our clothing. Minuscule fibres of acrylic, nylon, spandex, and
polyester are shed each time we wash our clothes and are carried off to wastewater treatment
plants or discharged to the open environment.
 A study in 2016 commissioned by clothing company Patagonia and conducted by researchers at
the University of California, Santa Barbara, found that washing a single synthetic jacket just once
released an average of 1.7 grams of microfibres.
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 The most common effect is the spreading of the oil over the surface of the water. Most oil is less
dense than water, so when oil spills, it spreads across the water surface. Oil spreads very
quickly, with lighter oils, like gasoline, spreading faster than heavy crude oils. Currents, wind and
warm temperatures will cause the oil to spread faster. Typically, oil can spread as thin as a coat
of paint very rapidly. For this reason, it is important for oil spills to be contained as quickly as
possible.
 Oil pollution can damage ecosystems, including plants and animals, and contaminate water for
drinking and other purposes.
 ACID RAIN-any form of precipitation with acidic components, such as sulfuric or nitric acid that
fall to the ground from the atmosphere in wet or dry forms.
 Acid rain is caused by the burning of fossil fuels. Burning oil, gas and coal in power stations
releases Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) into the atmosphere. Burning oil and petrol in motor vehicles
puts nitrogen oxides (NOX) into the atmosphere.
These gases mix with water droplets in the atmosphere creating weak solutions of nitric and
sulphuric acids. When precipitation occurs these solutions fall as acid rain.
 Increases the acidity levels of rivers, lakes and seas. This can kill aquatic life. Acid rain
increases the acidity levels of soils. This can kill vegetation
can erode buildings and monuments (particularly if they are made from limestone)

2.

 his negative impact of globalisation on climate is mainly due to increased greenhouse gas
emissions. The main direct sources of greenhouse gas emissions are power supply, industrial
production and transport. Even without globalisation, these activities would take place. But the
trend towards globalisation in the 20th century and especially in recent decades has contributed
to its global acceleration. In the first place, globalisation gave rise to a multiplication of
transport networks in the form of road, rail, sea and air transport within and across national
borders. In addition, growing international trade and investment have stimulated global
industrial activity.

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 raise awareness, medicine enhancement, less death rates

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 nonrenewable resources are limited in supply and cannot be used sustainably.
 There are four major types of nonrenewable resources: oil, natural gas, coal, and nuclear
energy. Oil, natural gas, and coal are collectively called fossil fuels. Fossil fuels were formed
within the Earth from dead plants and animals over millions of years—hence the name “fossil”
fuels. They are found in underground layers of rock and sediment. Pressure and heat worked
together to transform the plant and animal remains into crude oil (also known as petroleum),
coal, and natural gas.