According to Taking A Stand Against Environmental Pollution by Newton, most of the substances that are harmful are: carbon monoxide and a variety of complex hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides. ... Consequences of Pollutants Carbon dioxide may reach a capacity in the atmosphere that it may exceed the capacity of the plant life to remove it. In the atmosphere, an excess of carbon dioxide creates a greenhouse effect. An increase in carbon dioxide causes an increase in the temperature all over the world. ... The opposite of the carbon dioxide effect is the effect of smoke, dust, and other solids ha...

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Acid rain is formed high in the clouds where sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides react with water, oxygen, and oxidants. ... One of the main causes of acid rain is the sulfur dioxide. Sulfur dioxide is one of the main ingredients which make up the deadly combination that forms acid rain. ... Clean air also contains naturally occurring gases such as carbon dioxide. The interaction between the water droplets and the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere gives rain a pH of 5.6, making even clean rain slightly acidic. ...

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Our world has become a specialized society, and with specialization there are new demands placed on farmers. In the past, farmers were not responsible for feeding the massive numbers of people that they do now. Consequently, the industrial process has resulted in the loss of the original morals of s...

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The ratification of the Kyoto protocol on the 10th of December 2002 has resulted in government plans to introduce a carbon tax some time after 2007. New Zealand produces between 70 million and 90 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year with about half the emissions coming from sheep and cattle. ... • Vegetation and the hydrological / carbon cycle - Transpiration by trees and vegetation is an important part of the hydrological cycle as shown in figure 1 below. Trees are also important to the carbon cycle. ... Fig 1: The hydrological cycle Max-Planc- Institute for Meteorology, Hambu...

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He states facts after facts, such as the rising acidity in ocean waters, excess carbon dioxide emissions, and the endangerment of certain species backing up that his first claim is a one of fact. ... He gives logos that the carbon levels in the Earth's ocean have been increasing through the burning of fossil fuels, making the waters more acidic, which affect all ocean life. ...

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Protecting the environment while producing, transporting, refining and marketing fuel is a challenge the petroleum industry must meet every day. For all of the benefits oil has brought to modern society, risk is inherent in taking it from the Earth -- in drilling wells, storing fuel for future use ...

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The aquatic biome is the biggest of the biomes, and links all our biomes together. Aquatic is defined as relating to water. The world is made up of 75% water and 25% soil. This means that most of the world is considered an aquatic biome. Within this community there are thousands of mammals, fish...

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Russia is planning on drilling a 35 million year old lake in the middle of the Antarctica. This lake, Lake Vostok, is 670 meters deep or roughly 2198 feet deep and each liter or water contains approximately 2.5 liters of compressed air (Space Daily, Aug. 2003), now why is this, a good idea? This l...

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