1 The Industrial Revolution 2 Leading Cause of Air Pollution 3 The Clean Air Act 4 What Is Water Pollution? 5 The Clean Water Act 6 How Can We Stop Air and Water Pollution? Water and air pollution have altered the course of the earth’s history. Along with amazing technological advances,...
Water pollution history of Switzerland recorded by sediments of the large and deep Perialpine Lakes Lucerne and Geneva. Water Air Soil Pollut. 223, 6157-6169.THEVENON F., POTE J. Water pollution history of Switzerland recorded by sediments of the large and deep perialpine lakes Lucerne and ...
and Henderson Sellers, A.: 1990, History of the green house effect.Progress in Physical Geography 14:1–18. Google Scholar Keeling, C.D., Ekdahl, C.A., Guenther, P.R., Waterman, L.S., and Chin, J.F.S.: 1973, Atmospheric carbon dioxide variations at Mauna Loa observatory, Hawaii...
Water pollutionis one of the most aggravated problems threatening the sustainability of human race and other life forms due to the rapid pace of civilization and industrialization. A long history exists of release of hazardous pollutants into the water bodies due to selfish human activities since the...
In 1988 an oil tanker hit a rock off the northwest coast of Alaska. 35,000 tons of oil poured into the sea. The accident was one of the worst in history. More than 34,000 birds and 10,000 animals were killed. 4,800 square kilometres of ocean were polluted. ...
In 1988 an oil tanker hit a rock off the northwest coast of Alaska. 35,000 tons of oil poured into the sea. The accident was one of the worst in history. More than 34,000 birds and 10,000 animals were killed. 4,800 square kilometres of ocean were polluted. ...
History of Water Pollution Control Administration The year 1958 saw the enactment of the Act on Conservation of Water Quality of Public Waters (Water Quality Conservation Act) and the Act on Regulation of Industrial Effluent (Industrial Effluent Act). These laws, however, did not specify effluent ...
Part1:Historyofwaterpollution AncienttimesWaterbodiessuchaslakes,rivers,and streamswerethesourceofwatertodrinkduringtheancienttimes.However,itisthesamewaterbodieswherehumanwastesweredeposited.Therefore,inriversbecamesopolluted.MedievalTimes-1800s Duringthisperiodmostsocietieshadverylittleideaofwhatwasbadforyouandwhat...
Photo: Pollution means adding substances to the environment that don't belong there—like the air pollution from this smokestack. Pollution is not always as obvious as this, however.Thus, water pollution is all about quantities: how much of a polluting substance is released and how big a ...
Pollution: a Social Problem-污染 —— 一个社会问题 When we read newspapers, we often come across the word pollution. This word was not familiar to the people some decades ago. But now, it is a serious threat to us because.it means the poisoning of the air, seas, rivers and lands, wh...