Environmental Pollution

Replacing Plastics With Glass

There are many reasons why plastic containers largely replaced glass in the 1970s. The petroleum crisis made the price of transport an issue and glass is expensive. It can’t be squeezed, and it breaks when kids drop it. There seemed nothing wrong with plastics in the mid-20th century. Even being made [...]

Rise of Trucking in North America

People have been using trucks to move goods around North America since there have been trucks. However, the use of trucks to haul goods and food across long distances of the continent is a relatively recent phenomena.
The rise of tricking was largely fueled by the implementation of the he Dwight D. [...]

A Worldwide Campaign Against the Light Bulb

The technology that brought nighttime illumination to the whole world, didn’t change much for about a century. And, it turns out, that’s a problematic thing. Not only do the filaments burn out quickly, leaving glass and metal that is not recyclable, but they emit far more heat than light, using a great deal [...]

Great Pacific Garbage Patch

There is a place in the middle of the Pacific Ocean that is about as far from human habitation that one can possibly be while still on the planet. Here, the currents of the North Pacific turn inward and form one of five great oceanic gyre currents. Thousands of miles from the nearest [...]

Environmental Pollution Kills One In Five

“Environmental pollution–it’s not my problem.” Is this something you’ve heard? Is this something you’ve said? Is this something you believe?
If it is, consider opening your eyes and ears, because evidence from the World Health Organization and the World Bank strongly indicates that environmental pollution is everybody’s problem. According to these organizations’ [...]

Environmental Pollution And Degradation Leads To The Death Of The Tasmanian Tiger Or Does It?

Animal species go extinct every day. There are thousands of bird species parakeets and seabirds that vanish before scientists or birdwatchers ever get a chance to study them, beyond a flap of wings or a blur of colourful feathers passing through a window. Insect populations, with their high birth rate and ever-changing environmental, [...]

Five Environmental Pollution Cause And Effect Essay Questions For Building A Better World

You’ve no doubt heard a great deal about environmental pollution–but what do you really know about its causes, its effects, and what you can do about both of them? In this series of five essay questions, we’ll find out. So get your pencils and paper ready, and let’s get started, right now, with [...]

Environmental Pollution: Pollution Of The Mind

We all know about environmental pollution: pollution and its costs, pollution and its causes, and pollution and its terrible effects. We know that environmental pollution (pollution of the air, in particular) causes the death of one in five people around the world every year, according to data gathered by the World Health Organization in [...]

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