Water Pollution
The largest reservoirs of freshwater on earth are contained in this.
Glaciers and Ice
Substances in the atmosphere (gases and aerosols) that have direct harmful effects on human health.
Air Pollutants
This type of energy uses radioactive metals and produces much of its pollution in rare accidents.
Nuclear
A collection of all the conditions of weather averaged over a long period of time – on the scale of decades to centuries
Climate
These products used to contain chlorinated hydrocarbons, which destroy protective ozone in the stratosphere. Chlorinated hydrocarbons have since been replaced in these products.
Refrigerants and Aerosols
This describes how water evaporates from the surface of the earth, rises into the atmosphere, cools and condenses into rain or snow in clouds, and falls again to the surface as precipitation, runoff, and ground infiltration.
The Water Cycle
•Compounds like Particulate matter, Volatile organic compounds (VOCs), Carbon monoxide (CO), Nitrogen oxides (NOx), Sulfur dioxide (SO2), Metals (lead, mercury), and Radon.
Examples of Air Pollutants
This source of energy is considered controversial because of its ascetics, noise, and effects on birds.
Wind Power
These gasses absorb infrared radiation. They are bad in overabundance, but needed for earth to stay warm.
Greenhouse Gases
Acid Drainage
This medical condition is most affected by air pollution, causes 500,000 hospitalizations per year, and is on the rise in the U.S.
Asthma
Coal, oil, and natural gas are examples of this, because they have a limited supply.
Non-renewables
Increase in temperature, more evaporation, localized aridity, greater global precipitation, greater variability in temperature and precipitation, an increase in the number of extreme weather events, heat waves, tropical storms, extreme cold snaps, higher sea level, and changes in specie ranges are all expected results of this.
Climate Change
Agriculture, crops & animals, landscaping (lawns, golf courses), roads, stormwater runoff, and atmospheric deposition are all examples of this source of water pollution. They are called this because they are hard trace.
Non-point Sources
In the troposphere, this compound is a lung irritant and plant toxin; but in the stratosphere it helps protect us from UV sunlight.
Ozone
The greatest source of sustainable energy in the United States comes from this source of biomass.
The biggest reason for increasing greenhouse gas concentrations is human alteration (burning coal and deforestation) of this global cycle.
This process is caused by excess nitrogen and/or phosphorus in water bodies and is characterized by lower total number of species, very high phytoplankton or other algae, low dissolved O2, and causes massive fish deaths.
Eutrophication
During this event, warmer air is abnormally held above cooler air, trapping air pollution such as smog close to the ground.
Inversion
This is generally not a sustainable option to get water for drinking or recreational use because it is too expensive and energy intensive.
Desalination
These patterns caused by Earth's orbit and position have been shown to be responsible for repeating patterns of warming and cooling throughout Earth’s history.
Milankovitch Cycles or Ice Age Cycles