Pollution
News regarding pollution and polluting agents as well as the effects and harm created by these pollutants including air pollution, water pollution, farm run off, factory waste, etc.
How Can Bacteria Be Good? Learn about Scientific Advances and Biosensors
For hundreds of years, we have worried about bacteria in our food, water and war zones. While there is still good reason to fear many types of bacteria, researchers are harnessing others as “biosensors” or “bioreporters” to detect cancers, pollutants and even other bacteria.
The Ocean Cleanup Organization's Mission to Rid the Ocean of Waste
The Ocean Cleanup Organization recently set forth on an expedition to chart the Pacific Ocean’s “Great Garbage Patch”. Why is this such an important step in cleaning up the world’s oceans? Read on to find out more!
Noise Pollution Under the Sea: How Big a Problem Is It?
We all have seen images of oil spills polluting the ocean and destroying the habitat of marine wildlife. Noise pollution does not get near the same amount of attention, but it can still be devastating to the fish and mammals who live under or near the sea. Learn more about this important issue.
Northern Ozone Hole: The Hole at the Top of the World
The hole in the ozone over Antarctica has been well documented but a new hole was recently spotted over the North Pole. The existence of this new Arctic hole didn’t surprise scientists but it is cause for concern. A hole at the top of the world is far more problematic than one at the bottom.
Resource for Facts about Pollution of Water and Air
All creation needs two vital resources: air and water. Protecting, preserving, and recovering those resources is a task essential to the preservation of life for humans, plants and animals alike.
Noise Pollution: Information & Facts
What exactly is noise pollution? How would one go about measuring it? Is it dangerous or just annoying? What can be done to reduce it? We’ll answer these questions and many more in this full guide to noise pollution.
What Makes Pesticides a Pollutant?
Pesticides are designed to control pests and disease-causing organisms, and while this offers some benefits to society, the downside is that they are by their very nature, harmful to all living organisms that are exposed to them. Let’s take a look at what makes pesticides a pollutant.
Photochemical Smog and Tropospheric Ozone
Photochemical smog is an invisible pocket of gas that can contain extremely dangerous levels of tropospheric ozone. Volatile gases including peroxyacetylnitrate (PAN) and other toxic gases that can cause serious respiratory illness accompany this ground level ozone.
Land Pollution: Facts About Soil Disturbance, Defilement and Degradation
How much do you know about land pollution? The facts include China’s polluted farmlands and how they compare to America’s land contamination problems as well as polluted sites known as brownfields, those included in the U.S. National Priorities List and groundwater contamination.
What is Soil Made Of? Learn the Components of Soil
Soil is made of four basic components: sand, silt, clay, and humus. Learn where they come from and where they are found in the horizons of a soil profile.