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Countries Cohabitating with the Environment

Countries Cohabitating with the Environment. POO llution. Examples of Worldwide Pollution Global warming Water pollution Air pollution. Global Warming and it’s consequences Expansion of sub-tropical desert Retreating glaciers due to global temperatures rising Food security- crop yeilds

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Countries Cohabitating with the Environment

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  1. Countries Cohabitating with the Environment

  2. POOllution

  3. Examples of Worldwide Pollution • Global warming • Water pollution • Air pollution

  4. Global Warming and it’s consequences • Expansion of sub-tropical desert • Retreating glaciers due to global temperatures rising • Food security- crop yeilds • The start of animal extinction • Controversy

  5. What is being done? UNFCCC - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - all united nation member except South Sudan, as well as Niue, the Cook Island and the European Union

  6. Controversy Adaptation vs. prevention

  7. Water pollution

  8. Water pollution and its consequences • definition- the adding of chemicals and harmful substances to natural water. • Killing many species vital to life. • Disrupts natural food chain • Diseases such as hepatitis can be obtained from eating seafood.

  9. What is being done? • Prevention • nonprofit organizations all over the world • NRDC • WHO

  10. Air Pollution

  11. Air pollution and its consequences • Definition- contamination by harmful chemical to the atmosphere. • Long term health effects • Negative impacts on climate change • Ozone layer

  12. What is being done? • MEPC • Control techonologies • NACAA

  13. Cited sources • http://www.cityofbremerton.com/content/sw_waterpollutionfacts.html12. • <http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/water_pollution.asp • http://www.nrdc.org/water/http: • http://pollutionarticles.blogspot.com/2009/11/how-does-air-pollution-affects-our.html/w • http://www.cleanairworld.org/TopicDetails.asp?parent=7w.tropical-rainforest-animals.com/pollution-effects.html>

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