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Improvements in Washing Machine Designs

Conserving freshwater that isn’t contaminated with something ugly is a major concern for most cities. Even in places where the municipal water supply is reused many times before discharge into the larger environment, the number of passes through our cities and our selves increases the level of contamination.
Conserving water decreases the amount of energy spent [...]

Is There A Solution To The Loss Of Biodiversity?

Sadly, there is no one solution to the loss of biodiversity. And, even if such a solution existed, the adversarial nature of the relationships between governments, businesses, and environmentalists would probably keep it from being implemented.
Any solution to the loss of biodiversity must take multiple factors into account: How will this solution affect [...]

The Concept Of Biodiversity An Exercise In Variability

While it shouldn’t be, it’s often hard for people to wrap their minds around the concept of biodiversity. Partly this is because the concept of biodiversity is a complex one, and partly it’s because so many agencies have vested interests in people seeing anything that conserves resources as a threat to their lifestyles. [...]

How Pollution Contributes to Extinction Pressure

The spread of pollution affects both humans and wildlife worldwide. However, unlike human beings who are capable of surviving just about anywhere, most species are reliant upon specific environments for their survival.
Climate change, for instance, has already been responsible for changing the distribution of species worldwide. Many of these organisms, whether [...]

Rising Sea Levels and Carbon Dioxide Pollution

Perhaps one of the most concerning things about the predicted course of climate change over the next century is the likelihood of rising sea levels. It is thought that by 2100, the melting glaciers and ice caps could rise the level of oceans all over the world by as much as 3.4m/11 feet.
While [...]

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