... with flooding. In 1997,160 nations reached an agreement concerning the use of fossil fuels and the emission of CO into the earths atmosphere. Called the Kyoto Protocol, it required 39 industrial nations to limit their annual emissions to an average of 7 percentage points over the course of four years. Many of these nations were influenced by large businesses and corporations ... global climate. What's more, they believe that the small amount of warming that has occurred during the past century would help plant and animal life. There would be warmer winters (longer growing seasons and le...

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Acid Rain If you have ever wondered why precious monuments are fading away, or the reason your car starts to look old, or if you can't understand why the bricks on the side of your house are breaking, look up the term Acid rain in your encyclopedia. Acid rain is the cause ... plants that absorb them . After events like this take place animals and humans are soon effected. If one plant or animal is adversely affected by acid rain, animals that feed on that organism may suffer and animals that feed on that animal may suffer also (usually humans). The end result could be an entire ecosystem bec...

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... any other plant we know, without these two vitally important forms of matter no living organisms would be able to survive. For millions of years, diverse communities of plant and animal species have managed to survive without dramatically affecting the atmosphere in any way. That was, until humans began technologically advancing to what we are today. Since about the eighteenth century ... a body of water suffers an increase in nutrients that leads to a reduction in the amount of oxygen in the water, producing an environment that is destructive to fish and other animal life. What right d...

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... or other non-cancerous health issues. This chemical can get into ground water from fuel storage tanks, pipelines, refueling spills, automobile accidents that damage the fuel tank, consumers dumping their "old gasoline," emissions, storm water runoff, and MTBE-contaminated precipitation. Vehicles are not the industry that can benefit from using an alternative fuel, rather than burning traditional gasoline. Big businesses can ... right to sell the excess to another business and make money for being more environmentally concerned. There is even one business, RENTEC Renewable Energy Technol...

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... contribute to the corrosion of metals and deterioration of stone buildings and paint on cars. "The corrosion seriously depreciates the value of buildings and goods which are a value to society e.g. old buildings which have to be maintained more due to the increase and effects of acid rain, like statues features becoming less deformed and rounded-(Miller). Some manufacturers of motor vehicles ... feet then islands such as the Maldives and the low countries like the Netherlands and Belgium become flooded-(Air research center). This in turn has many side effects like decreases farm land so...

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... contribute to the corrosion of metals and deterioration of stone buildings and paint on cars. The corrosion seriously depreciates the value of buildings and goods which are a value to society e.g. old buildings which have to be maintained more due to the increase and effects of acid rain, like statues features becoming less deformed and rounded. Some manufacturers of motor vehicles have ... by a couple of feet then islands such as the Maldives and the low countries like the Netherlands and Belgium become flooded. This in turn has many side effects like decreases farm land so then the co...

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... the remainder will all but disappear in the next two to three decades. The loss is incalculable. These forests provide habitat for an estimated half of the world's plant and animal species, provide water and fuel for much of the world's population, and influence regional and global climate. Commercial logging, clearance for agriculture, ranching, and fuel gathering are all responsible for ... Nations estimates that, at present rate of loss, by the year 2000 about one-third of the world's arable land will be nonproductive. The ever-increasing loss of plant and animal species represents a...

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... used to kill unwanted animals and plants may be carried into streams by rainwater. The chemicals in these that are not biodegradable can remain dangerous for a long time. When an animal eats a plant that is been treated with certain non- degradable chemicals, the chemicals are absorbed into the tissues or the organs of the animals. When other animals feed on a contaminated ... animal, the chemicals are passed up to them. As it goes up through the food chains may suffer cancers, reproductive problems, and death. More than 14 million Americans drink water contaminated ... ...

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... normal effect on potted pine trees. Acknowledgements/bibliography: • "Science fair projects 2". Published in 1998 by "Educa Books" • "Salinity in the Eastern Murray" by the "Salt Team" • "Pine farm forestry". Written by Murray Brown. Logbook: • Saturday 24th May: Thought of an idea for my student research project • Sunday 25th May: Got the needed materials for my project ... ...

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... normal effect on potted pine trees. Acknowledgements/bibliography: • "Science fair projects 2". Published in 1998 by "Educa Books" • "Salinity in the Eastern Murray" by the "Salt Team" • "Pine farm forestry". Written by Murray Brown. Logbook: • Saturday 24th May: Thought of an idea for my student research project • Sunday 25th May: Got the needed materials for my project ... ...

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... acid rain is a topic which can no longer be ignored. Without taking steps to reduce the amount of acid rain produced, we can be sure that our forests, plant life, animal life, our cities, and everything that is man-kin will be ruined or destroyed. We have seen the damage that acid rain has already caused and there is no reason ... ...

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... thorough in describing the effects of lack of money, pollution and over population is causing in the parks. The increase in popularity has taken a toll on the parks' plant and animal species, "making for an ironic situation as visitors literally! love the parks to death" (E MAGAZINE). I don't like to see the parks removed from an isolated place where one can have ... ...

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... , increasing the amount of smog and pollution in our atmosphere. Once the acid is absorbed in the soil, this puts the ecosystem in jeopardy of extinction. This is killing plants, animal, and soil, which is the basis of our existence. If this acid rain problem is not dealt with urgently, the natural world may in hazard of demise....

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... agriculture is affected but animals and surface water is influenced. If acid rain is dangerous to one species, it is dangerous to their whole ecosystem. If the population of one animal suffers from acid rain, the species that feeds off of them will suffer as well (Utexas). Clams, mayfly, snails, and songbirds are all examples of species suffering from acid rain ... ...

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... from cars and planes, factories, nuclear power plants, and burning plastic and tires can cause air pollution. Another type is water pollution. Some causes of water pollution are factory and animal waste, dead fish, sewage, acid rain, and lead. All this is present in our lakes where we get our water supply. Another type is land pollution. Causes of land pollution ... ...

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... Canada, where natural weather patterns carry much of the United States-produced acid rain, human cancers and deaths have increased. In tropical and subarctic areas, entire species of plants and animal life are threatened. Rivers, lakes, and coastal bays are hit twice. First by acidified water, and second by the algae that grows when acid levels rise. In Canada as many ... ...

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... earth in the form of acid rain and snow, which rust statues and buildings, damage crops and forests, and make lakes and streams unsuitable for fish and other plant and animal life. Pollution is altering the earth's environment so that it lets in more dangerous radiation from the sun. At the same time, our contaminated atmosphere is becoming a better insulator, averting ... ...

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... only affects organisms in the ecosystem; but becomes a problem for humans in the long run, eventually resulting in an ecosystem breakdown. Lands are being devastated continuously, forcing different plant and animal species to promptly adapt to their new surroundings and environments or to become a statistic for extinct species and contribute to the loss of biological diversity. The alteration of the Earth ... ...

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... factors including melting ice and glaciers. Rising sea levels could damage coastal regions through flooding and erosion. The climate of various regions could change too quickly for many plant and animal species to adjust. Harsh weather conditions, such as heat waves and droughts, could also happen more often and more severely. ...

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... , snow, hail, and fog. The term acid deposition refers to both acid precipitation and tiny dust particles formed from the pollutants in acid rain. Acid rain has destroyed plant and animal life in lakes, damaged forests and crops, and caused extensive erosion of structures built of stone. Sulfur and nitrogen oxides (often abbreviated SOx and NOx, respectively) are common by-products ... ...

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... increasing amounts of smog and pollution in our atmosphere. Once the acid is absorbed in the soil, our ecosystem is in jeopardy of extinction. The acid rain is killing plants, animal, and soil, which is the basis of our existence. If this acid rain problem is not dealt with urgently, the natural world may in hazard of demise. ...

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... six percent of the earth=s land surface however, they contain between 70% and 90% of all the world=s species.@- Every day the rainforests lose from 50 to 100 plant and animal species. The loss of biological life not only effects ecosystems, but could possibly effect the exploration and development of medicinal cures for diseases that presently scourge the human race. AAs ... ...

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... keeping them steady in China, emissions from domestic cooking and heating fuels is mounting. This rising in domestic emissions is from the small boilers used by households, which are mostly old and extremely inefficient. In 1978 Deng Xiaoping guided China along the path of economic reform. He prescribed the deceptively simple goal to make the GDP per head to be $1 000 ... Shenyang. In the future all coal-fired power plants should have sufficient state-of-the-art scrubbers that mop up sulphur dioxide. Also all small power stations over 25 years old should be shut down. It has been estima...

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... acid rain. Acid rain can burn holes in plants or turn them brown. It can make the soil very acidic, thereby inhibiting the growth of new plants or killing off old plants. If these plants die, then it is possible whole ecosystems could be destroyed. Who knows what the consequences of this might have on the wild life? Air pollution also ... ...

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... heart out of southern Illinois. People realized that the government would have to protect the enviroment but what about them. Who was going to help them. Some men were to old to start over again and have struggled from that point on. Many businesses went bankrupt and people started moving out of the area to places that had a better job market ... ...

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