... investigated further, they found that 60% of the males had unusually small penises. In mid-April of 1988, seals began washing up on the shores of Northern Europe. Scientists suspected pollution or an infectious disease. Reports began coming in from all over northern Europe about dead seals washing up on the beaches. By December almost 40% of the North Sea population ... of seals had died. But the symptoms were different at all of the locations. More research led to the conclusion that distemper was the cause of death. Scientists believed that pollution had made the seals suddenly vulner...

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... water also have poor hygiene. This is evident on this map, where the darker shades of purple indicate poorer hygiene. The causes of lack of water are pollution of water due to industry, overfishing, pollution and waste being dumped into water, climate change, population increase, demographic changes, and urbanization. In some nations the main source of water come from major rivers that ... ...

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... the evolution of new, better-adapted types of organisms that have displaced earlier forms. Commercial exploitation, damage caused by non-native plants and animals introduced in to an area and pollution also contribute to the extinction of species According to many biologists the human population is the primary reason for the increase in the rate of extinction. Since 1600 about 1100 ... species have became extinct. The rapid disappearance of species was ranked as one of the planet's gravest environmental worries, surpassing pollution, global warming and the thinning of the ozone layer, a...

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... to evolve with the changing of the environment. If the environment changes then the organisms must change in order to survive. The environment is changing by global warming and the pollution that we humans release everyday. These problems could eventually kill us, or humans might adapt to this and evolve in order to survive with it. It also seems that humans ... ...

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... the blossoming environmental movement focused its judgment solely on factories and large-scale waste production in the 70's. But to get to the heart of the problem, just as with pollution, one must look at it on the individual level. Popular culture has and always will be fueled by the desires of the masses. And films of this nature merely reflect ... ...

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... Population of the World. London: Earthscan Publications Ltd., 1994) 9. Ramphal, Shridath. Our Country, The Planet. London: Lime Tree, 1992. 10. Schlaepfer, Rudolph. Long Term Implications of Climate Change and Air Pollution on Forest Ecosystems. Vienna: IUFRO, 1994. 11. Stanford, Quentin H. Canadian Oxford World Atlas. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1993. ...

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