INTRODUCTIONImagine one day having to walk outside wearing a mask; or not being able to open the windows of your house on a cool spring day. Or even worst, imagine looking out of you window and not seeing any form of life. All the vegetation has died off due to acid rain and severe damage from sul...

Acid rain is rain that is more acidic than normal. Acid rain is a complicated problem. Primarily caused by air pollution, acid rain\'s spread and damage involve weather, chemistry, soil, and the life cycles of plants and animals on the land and in lakes and streams. This form of air pollution is ...

The technology used in the production of the automobile has had a negative "domino chain effect" on society. The automobile has been one of the greatest inventions in the last 100 years. It has helped the United States grow in ways never imagined before. It has allowed people to move ou...

One of the formal definitions of air pollution is as follows – 'The presence in the atmosphere of one or more contaminants in such quality and for such duration as is injurious, or tends to be injurious, to human health or welfare, animal or plant life.' It is the contamination of a...

IntroductionSince the beginning of time, humans have learned to make use of many things in nature such as fire and electricity. From the early times through the Industrial Revolution to the Space Age, humans have produced inventions that use many of the earth's varied energy resources to make living...

Space: Pollution is a Global ResponsibilityThe statement says that pollution is a global responsibility, but first of all, in order to understand the statement and therefore argue the points of view, we must state what can be defined as Pollution. The Oxford dictionary states that to pollute an area...

History of The EPAThe EPA is an organization who's sole purpose is to preserve the environment we live in. EPA stands for Environmental Protection Agency and is responsible for many Environmental holidays we celebrate today. Throughout this report I hope to give the reader some insight on the proj...

When the thought of acid rain arises, a thought of burning acid falling from the sky destroying everything in sight may come to mind; and as absurd as this sounds it is not that far from the truth. Acid rain is a form of air pollution. It is formed when oxides of sulfur and nitrogen combine with a...