Pollution

 What is pollution? It's the act of adding something to the environment that no human being has ever seen before. It is the introduction of substances into the environment that has a damaging effect on living things there are two types of pollution human and natural. human pollution affects at a very large extent while natural to a small extent. Pollutants are harmful substances that damage living things and the environment and lead to pollution.

Air Pollution

The most common kind of pollution is called air pollution as it happens when an object, such as a car or airplane, is put into the atmosphere and pollutes it. But there are other types of pollution. Some things are natural while others are man-made. A typical example of pollution that is man-made is coal mining. Coal miners use burning coal to create electricity for their homes and to sell electricity to homes. They have to burn large amounts of coal at high temperatures to produce energy. As more and more coal gets burned the temperature that is created will build up. This builds up pressure on the earth's crust to collapse and it will start to release CO2. When this happens the CO2 stays in the atmosphere in C02 form (and is referred to as "sugar") which contains everything from pollen on fruit trees, bacteria, phytoplankton, worms, fish eggs, and even people themselves who live off this carbon dioxide. So when you see a balloon floating above the ground it's likely it was made by a chemical factory.

IceCaps melting excessively due to Global Warming 

Global Warming

Global warming is the heating up of the earth due to pollution, CFC, and mainly the destruction of the ozone layer. Many different companies contribute to the buildup of pollution which results in global warming. Global warming takes effect at some point during the past 50 years ago. Global warming has far-reaching effects in terms of weather changes and melting polar ice sheets and oceans. There are also many effects of global warming to be felt in the ecosystem itself. Changes will occur in water quality, acidification, wildlife, plant life, sea-level rise, droughts, and extreme heatwaves. All these things can have severe medical consequences to humans and animals alike. If left uncontrolled the impact of global warming could lead to much of Earth becoming uninhabitable. You may think that if so many negative environmental outcomes happen so quickly, why should we care about global warming when there are many preventable problems with climate change? The problem is, that all that has happened in the last 50 years has resulted in our planet experiencing many more hazards than any one person might imagine. And not only are there many hazards that we don't even think of or notice are there, but also we still do little to try to stop them.

Land Pollution

Land pollution occurs when waste or rubbish is not disposed of properly. Every day, thousands of kilograms of rubbish are produced by households and industries. Any solid waste that is not burnt is left on landfill sites and can become a public health hazard. Landfills generate methane, which is a type of greenhouse gas. It traps heat in the air. Waste such as plastic, paper, metals, and food refuse is left lying around, thrown into drains, rivers, or simply dumped n empty spaces. In some countries, so much rubbish is produced that some countries have difficulty getting rid of the enormous amount of rubbish. Plastic waste is difficult to get rid of because it will remain without breaking down for a long time. On mining sites, land pollution occurs when the waste material is left behind after the valuable minerals have been extracted.

Water Pollution

Untreated sewage, poor farming practices, soil erosion, and oil spills all cause water pollution. In some countries, raw sewage is discharged directly into the seas and rivers. Domestic and industrial sewage contains human waste, detergents, and chemical discharges from industries. Chemicals in industrial waste contain nitrates, phosphates, lead, mercury, and other harmful substances that are poisonous and harmful to living organisms and people.

The United States Big hand in Pollution

Nearly everything that is done by a government agency in the United States today has been designed to cause damage to the environment and to support the massive industries that have emerged in the industry to benefit in the short term and long term. For example, there has been a trend over the last fifty years to increase automobile production and consumption. Now there are approximately 16 million cars on the road, 4 million trucks, and over 2 million airplanes. This is done with subsidies, tax breaks for those who buy used vehicles, increased prices paid by oil companies for fossil fuels, and other incentives to fuel economic growth. To take into account that most countries have signed treaties to reduce emission levels, there are agreements through international agreements to maintain existing standards and enforce certain regulations in these negotiations to achieve their objectives. Most of these policies are designed to protect manufacturing jobs and promote exports. These rules also often allow foreign investors to get exemptions from tariffs to import and sell goods that are manufactured using renewable sources of energy, such as wind. These policies create conditions that make products that were once produced overseas less competitively priced. That is, in effect, subsidizing the cost of producing commodities made overseas, rather than making locally produced ones. If the price of a product is relatively higher then fewer people choose to buy them compared to those who pay lower prices. Since these policies often exclude a wide range of products, it is often very hard for consumers to know what their choices are.