People everyday produce enormous quantities of waste which pollutes our land, water and air. ... Forests cover 30% of the earth's land, but if we keep thinning it, it will be gone to soon. ... But eventually those few plastic bags turn into a lot more. And also those few cents that you pay for a plastic bag turn into a lot more. ... Oh and you know those torrid days when you have to use air conditioner in car? ...
In the air, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides can be transformed into sulfuric acid and nitric acid. The air current can send these gases thousands of kilometers from the source. ... Acids rain no longer single out the lakes, forest, and thin soils of the Northeast. ... Presently, the United States annually discharges more than twenty million tons of suffer dioxide into the air (Lovrich, et al 1992). ... The United States currently pumps some 23 million tons of nitrogen oxides into the atmosphere in the course of the year. ...
Breaking waves provide sufficient energy to break an oil slick into droplets of oil that create an oil-in-water emulsion. ... When bacteria consume oil, they convert it into more soluble, oxidized products and eventually to carbon dioxide and water. ... Spreading When oil is spilled, it spreads into a thin layer on the surface of the water. As this layer thins, the oil's surface tension and other factors such as water currents and wind, controls the rate of spreading. ... It increases the oil's exposure to sunlight and air, thus enhancing the rate and effect of other weathering p...
