Pollution comes in many forms. Ranging from air and water pollution to light and sound pollution, pollution may seem like an overwhelming problem. But public outcry and efforts have reduced some pollution problems while new awareness is bringing other pollutants into the public eye. Like many probl...
Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change. Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or energy, such as noise, heat or light. Pollutants, the components of pollution, can be either foreign substances/energies or naturally occurring c...
Pollution changes the ecosystem, and rarely in beneficial ways. Fertilizer runoff feeds algae in a pond causing excess algal growth that depletes oxygen, suffocating fish. The 1952 London smog killed between 8,000 and 12,000 people due to immediate effects like bronchitis, pneumonia and lingering ...
which have taken the brunt of plastic pollution over the decades. This article will look at how the climate change and plastics are linked, how plastic production is changing to increase sustainability, how plastics are affecting marine life, some new facts and figures about plastic pollution probl...
Read about the first non-toxic fire retardant . Related Links Little Things Matter Watch this video on toxins in children: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6KoMAbz1Bw Toxic Babies "These 10 newborn babies ... were born polluted. If ever we had proof that our nation's pollution laws ar...
In the great “Smog Disaster” in London in 1952, four thousand people died in a few days due to the high concentrations of pollution. London’s air was filled with sooth and carbon dioxide, mixed with fog, creating a very toxic air called Smog. ...
In a reportreleased in October 2022, the American Astronomical Society (ASS) likened the impact of megaconstellations onastronomyto light pollution. The report said the sky may brighten by a factor of two to three due to the diffuse reflection of sunlight off the spacecraft. ...
"As populations grow and natural environments become degraded, ensuring there are sufficient and safe water supplies for everyone is becoming increasingly challenging," the UN said. "A major part of the solution is to produce less pollution and improve the way we manage wastewater." ...
Photographing the Milky Way requires a dark sky, a good "season" (generally between February and October), some distance from light pollution, and the ability to use photographic equipment to catch its faint light. Luckily, the Milky Way is visible in both the northern and southern hemispheres...
Where does plastic in the ocean come from? Facts about marine waste and what we can do about plastic pollution to keep our seas clean.