The Future of the Environment

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This paper examines the future of the planet Earth and its environment from an ecological standpoint. The paper highlights the issues of pollution, specifically air pollution, though ocean pollution is also a problem; acid rain; and the greenhouse effect. Some of these issues are rooted in directly observable reality and others, like the greenhouse effect, are mainly rooted in scientific theories and are not really visible to the eye. The paper explores these considerations while representing the future.

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"Like many environmental problems, air pollution can be linked to a chain of disruptive events including soil damage, damage to forests and lakes, and disruption of the global ecosystem. "With the advent of the Industrial Revolution, the mixture of gases and particles in our atmosphere began changing rapidly, and the effects on natural ecosystems and human health have proved to be dramatic and serious" (Wright, 2002). Many scientists consider pollution to be an input of nutrients exceeding the capacity of the ecosystem to process them. Major air pollutants include particulate matter, volatile organic compounds, carbon monoxide, heavy metals, ozone, radon, and industrial smog (sulfurous and nitrous compounds mixed with water vapor and soot). Many of these pollutants are released into the atmosphere from areas of heavy industry and high traffic areas."

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