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Eleni D.-Greece
YoungAction for YouropeVision
Water Pollution From big pieces
of garbage to invisible chemicals, a wide
range of pollutants ends up in our planet's
lakes, rivers, streams, groundwater, and
eventually the oceans. Water pollution has
contributed to a freshwater crisis,
threatening the sources we rely on for
drinking water and other critical
needs.Water pollution can come from a
variety of sources. Pollution can enter
water directly, through both legal and illegal
discharges from factories, for example,
or imperfect water treatment plants.Water
pollution can result in human health
problems, poisoned wildlife, and longterm
ecosystem damage.
Solutions:
1. Discourage firms and people from disposing their trash in rivers, lakes or
oceans
2. Replace fossil fuels by renewable energies
3. Reduce plastic-water waste
4. Do not pour fat from cooking or any other type of fat and oil down the sink.
5. Avoid using household chemicals or cleaning agents down the sink or toilet
Global Warming
On Earth, human activities
are changing the natural
greenhouse.
Over the last century the
burning of fossil fuels like
coal and oil has increased
the concentration of
atmospheric carbon dioxide
(CO2). This happens
because the coal or oil
burning process combines
carbon with oxygen in the
air to make CO2.
To a lesser extent, the
clearing of land for
agriculture, industry, and
other human activities has
increased concentrations of
greenhouse gases. If this
situation continues, Earth
will become warmer. Some
regions may welcome
warmer temperatures, but
others may not.
Also, a stronger greenhouse
effect will warm the oceans
and partially melt glaciers
and other ice, increasing sea
level. And finally, warmer
situation cause evaporation,
as a result some regions
become dryer and others
wetter.
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