Let’s Stop Pollution!

Antes de empezar este proyecto, sabía que que el deterioro de la calidad del aire es una seria amenaza tanto para la salud humana como para la vida ecologica del planeta. Sabía que, desgraciadamente, las grandes ciudades del mundo a menudo tienen una muy pobre calidad del aire, especialmente aquellas ubicadas en naciones que están desarrollándose rápidamente como por ejemplo, nuestra ciudad, Quito, donde las grandes emisiones de contaminantes y sus precursores aparecen concentradas y persistentes, debido una población elevada. Gracias a este proyecto aprendí que la niebla tóxica que flota por encima de las ciudades es la forma de contaminación del aire más común y evidente. Aprendí que existen diferentes tipos de contaminación, visibles e invisibles, que contribuyen al calentamiento global. Aprendí que se considera contaminación del aire a cualquier gas introducido en la atmósfera por las personas, y que este tenga un efecto perjudicial sobre los seres vivos y el medio ambiente. Ap...

Currently, society ignores the risk alerts that pollution could bring to future generations. Pollution has an extensive history among us. The production of wastes has been a distinctive feature of humanity. The number of inhabitants was the main cause of the problem to increase. Water is fundamental in the production of food, in the growth and life of plants, in the good living of man, in animal husbandry, in industry, in construction, in the movement and maintenance of machines, in the fire fighting, frost control and general cleaning. But, as we already know water has been contaminated through all these years, causing countries like Libya, Western Sahara, Djibouti, among others, to be threatened by severe water shortages. It is estimated that 6.4 million tons of waste end up in the sea each year. Once water is contaminated, it is difficult, costly, and often impossible to remove the pollutants. But even so it can be prevented. I have listed water pollution solution...

Hi. Maybe you do not know who I am, maybe I do not know who you are, but like you, I want to save the only place where we can live. I know that the time to save it is almost over, every day the world falls apart, and little by little, we are the only ones to solve this damage that we cause to nature, that nature that only gives us more resources to live, and we just destroy it. I am honest when I tell you that the people compromised to help are few, I am honest when I tell you that nothing has changed for years, I am honest when I tell you that the solutions are about to disappear. But wait, do not be scared, because, like I said before it's almost over, we still have the opportunity, we still have the obligation to save our only home. We have to stop blaming others, we have to stop ignoring the inevitable, we have to leave the excuses behind, we have to act, we have to help. The destiny of humanity is in our hands. "Continue to using private transport unnecessarily, cont...

1. The Three ‘R's:  •One of the major land pollution solutions is recycling. Apart from reducing the amount of waste products in the landfills, it also helps in curbing the dumping of non-biodegradable waste on the Earth. Recycling is also beneficial in lowering other forms of pollution, cost savings and savings of energy resources. •Reusing is always beneficial than buying new ones. For example, you may use plastic and cardboard containers for further use. Otherwise store them and sell them for recycling. You may also make some money by refraining from buying new products and also by selling the unwanted materials for recycling. •So, each and every individual can contribute for this good cause, by taking efforts to curb land pollution. You may also reduce the use of non-biodegradable materials. For example, you may carry paper or cloth bags with you, so as to avoid taking a plastic carry bag from the shop. If you can, switch over to biodegradable materials. Use glas...

2. Choose one of the volcanoes from question one and create a profile of the volcano, including the following information. Diagram Pictures  Description As all the Hawaiian volcanoes, Mauna Loa was created when the Pacific tectonic plate moved over the Hawaii hotspot in the Earth’s underlying.  Nowadays, Manua Loa is one of the wolrd's most active volcanoes. The earthquake activity caused by the volcano, increased in the first half of October, with scattered shallow events located in the summit region and the northwest flank of the volcano. Only two earthquakes were above magnitude three. Earthqueake activity declined significantly in the second half of October . Facts:       1.         About 98 percent of the volcano’s surface is covered with lava flows less than 10,000 years old.       2.        Manua L...

1. Go online and research the following volcanoes. Write down what type of volcano each one is: a) Eldgjá, Iceland         Shield volcano:  b) Manua Loa, Hawaii     Shield volcano: c) Mount Fuji, Japan      Composite volcano: d) Wizard Island, USA     Cinder cone volcano: