Pollution

According to Effects of Pollution by Scott Forseman, pollution is defined as the addition of any substance or form of energy to the environment at a rate faster than the environment can accommodate it by dispersion, decomposition, recycling, or storage in some harmless form. In my course of research, I uncovered many forms pollution. However, the ones I included were the forms of pollution that may interfere with our present and future existence. In this paper, air, water, and land pollutions have been identified and explained, as well as the consequences of these pollutants, also some possible solutions for these types of problems.
Air pollution is a problem that everyone should be concerned about. With the growing number of automobiles, and the greenhouse effect problem becoming more and more of a threat, air pollution is something to be concerned with. “Air pollution involves the release of gases, finely dissolved solids, or liquid aerosols into the atmosphere at rates that exceed the capacity of the atmosphere to dissipate them or to dispose of them through incorporation into solid or liquid layers of the biosphere (Newton 43).� Dust storms in deserts and smoke from forest and grass fires contribute to air po

The materials released by industries and urban communities usually exceed the biological capacity of aquatic systems, causing water to become polluted. “When organic materials surpass the capacity of those microorganisms in water that break it down and recycle it, the excess of nutrients blooms to algae (Zipko 12).” When the alga dies, the remains of the dead algae add to the organic wastes already in the water. Eventually the water ends up lacking oxygen.