AIR POLLUTION IS A MIX OF PARTICLES AND GASSES IN THE AIR. YOU MAY KNOW OF SMOG, WHICH IS A COMMON POLLUTANT FROM OZONE. POLLUTION IN THE AIR COMES FROM CAR EMISSIONS, COAL BURNING FROM FACTORIES, AND MANY OTHER SOURCES. IN SOME CASES, INHALING AIR POLLUTANTS CAN BE DANGEROUS TO YOUR HEALTH, EVEN DEADLY. AIR POLLUTION CAUSES 7 MILLION PREMATURE DEATHS YEARLY. CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, LUNG DISEASE, AND CANCER CAN ALL COME FROM SIMPLY BREATHING IN HARMFUL CHEMICALS IN THE AIR. AS WE RELEASE MORE AND MORE POLLUTANTS INTO THE AIR, WE CREATE MORE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE UPCOMING GENERATIONS, AND SOME OF THE PROBLEMS WE CREATE WITHIN THE AIR CAN SOON BECOME UNFIXABLE.
WATER POLLUTION IS THE SECOND DEADLIEST SOURCE OF POLLUTION. MANY WATER POLLUTANTS COME FROM FACTORIES AND HUMANS CARELESSLY DUMPING THEIR WASTE INTO BODIES OF WATER. THIS CAN NOT ONLY AFFECT MARINE LIFE IN THE OCEAN THAT CAN MISTAKE POLLUTANTS FOR FOOD, BUT ALSO FRESH BODIES OF WATER THAT MANY PEOPLE NEED AND USE FOR A WATER SOURCE.
BY BEING CARELESS ABOUT WHERE WE DUMP OUR WASTE AND HOW MUCH WE USE FOSSIL FUEL WISE, WE ARE SLOWLY DESTROYING THE EARTH AND LIFE AROUND US, INCLUDING OURSELVES. MARINE LIFE IS DEPENDING ON US TO CHANGE OUR WAYS, ALONG WITH THE LIVES OF EVERY PERSON LIVING ON THE PLANET. BY POLLUTING THE AIR AND WATERS, CLEAN WATER WILL BE MORE SCARCE THAN EVER AND THE AIR WE BREATHE COULD QUITE POSSIBLY BECOME OUR CAUSE OF DEATH. IF WE DON'T TAKE ACTION, LIFE AS WE KNOW IT WILL BECOME A DANGEROUS WAY OF DESTROYING OUR HOME.
WATER POLLUTION IS THE SECOND DEADLIEST SOURCE OF POLLUTION. MANY WATER POLLUTANTS COME FROM FACTORIES AND HUMANS CARELESSLY DUMPING THEIR WASTE INTO BODIES OF WATER. THIS CAN NOT ONLY AFFECT MARINE LIFE IN THE OCEAN THAT CAN MISTAKE POLLUTANTS FOR FOOD, BUT ALSO FRESH BODIES OF WATER THAT MANY PEOPLE NEED AND USE FOR A WATER SOURCE.
BY BEING CARELESS ABOUT WHERE WE DUMP OUR WASTE AND HOW MUCH WE USE FOSSIL FUEL WISE, WE ARE SLOWLY DESTROYING THE EARTH AND LIFE AROUND US, INCLUDING OURSELVES. MARINE LIFE IS DEPENDING ON US TO CHANGE OUR WAYS, ALONG WITH THE LIVES OF EVERY PERSON LIVING ON THE PLANET. BY POLLUTING THE AIR AND WATERS, CLEAN WATER WILL BE MORE SCARCE THAN EVER AND THE AIR WE BREATHE COULD QUITE POSSIBLY BECOME OUR CAUSE OF DEATH. IF WE DON'T TAKE ACTION, LIFE AS WE KNOW IT WILL BECOME A DANGEROUS WAY OF DESTROYING OUR HOME.
THE IMPORTANCE OF PRISTINE ECOSYSTEMS COULD MEAN A REBOUND FOR THE PLANETS HEALTH. WE POLLUTE UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENTS AND OUR OWN HOMES WITHOUT EVEN THINKING OF THE CONSEQUENCES. AS FAR AS UNDERWATER ECOSYSTEMS GO, BY PREVENTING POLLUTION (BOTH AIR AND WATER) COULD MEAN THAT FISH POPULATIONS WOULD INCREASE, AND EVEN THE MELTING OF ICEBERGS IN THE POLAR REGIONS WOULD DECREASE, STOPPING THE RISE OF THE OCEAN FOR A SIGNIFICANT PERIOD. THE CORAL REEFS WOULD REGAIN THEIR HEALTH AND BECOME COLORFUL AGAIN, AND THE AMOUNT OF MARINE ANIMALS WE FIND WASHED UP ON THE SHORES BECAUSE OF CARELESS POLLUTING WOULD DECREASE.