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(rural), both has its pros and cons. So it depends on the individual. 6 City living have more conveniences and everything you could possibly want is more easily attainable. The cons are the traffic congestion, the lack of housing, the noise, and air pollution. 7. Rural living has cleaner air, slower pace of life, and the friendliness of the community. The cons of living in rural areas are no fast foods or movie theaters close by. Or to have better hospital care available and that it would be nice to
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Nowhere on Earth is free from environmental pollution. It has been becoming more and more serious these days. This makes us think a lot. So what is the cause of this terrible matter? And what is the bad consequence it led to? Let’s try to find out. There’re many kinds of pollution such as air pollution, water pollution... that should be tackled as soon as possible. In Ho Chi Minh City, air tests show that air brings many high risk of health problems for people living here. Dust floats in the air
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dependences on technology, such as the internet, computers, cell phones etc. Yet one of the biggest problems is pollution. Three types of pollution that dominate they are water, air and noise pollution. Water is one of the several resources that we need most, many people can survive without food for several weeks but they cannot survive without water for less then a week. According to Water Pollution web site “millions of liters of water are needed every day worldwide for washing, irrigating crops, and
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biology, hydrology, chemistry , economics, other social sciences and law and topical environmental issues like climate change, soil contamination, conservation, ozone depletion, groundwater, use of natural resources, waste management, air and noise pollution , encompasses within environmental science. it's a research involving air, soil, food and water to better understand the environment and protect it. it's a work that basically performs in a private, governmental and public organization monitoring
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Progress I'm a work in progress; you could even say we all are works in progress. As there are different kinds and types of animals, there are also different kinds and types of us human beings. A lot of things have changed on our planet Earth since God created it, and we, the mankind, are for certain not an exclusion. Many are even of the opinion, that we are the beings who have changed the most, and to tell the truth, I would not disagree to it. In Denmark, we have gone from being hunters and
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third parties. In transport negative externalities can damage the result in an increased amount of carbon dioxide and other pollutants, which damage the environment, create noise pollution, and add to congestion. These create costs. Congestion on the roads costs fuel and time. It also results as a side effect in more pollution. The estimate annual external cost of road congestion in the UK is £18 billion. To prevent road congestion, road are always being improved and new roads are always being built
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an agriculturally farming intensive country towards rapid industrialisation. Because of this activity pollution, emissions as well as environmental degradation resulted in serious ecological problems. International bodies such as the Kyoto Protocol, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the United Nations Environment Programme, have stressed the importance or reducing pollution and emissions in developing countries in order to maintain sustainability. Cancer villages are becoming
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SUVs the Good, Bad, Ugly The are many cons and pros to owning a sport utility vehicle (SUV). The two articles in question are "Would You Buy a Car That Looked Like This?" by Andrew Simms (541-544) and "Why Consumers Have Been Choosing SUVs" by John Merline (545-548). A popular trend in society today is an increasing demand for SUV's by consumers, and there are two sides to every issue. Some groups, represented by Andrew Simms, complain that SUVs have a negative impact on society, conversely
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Soil consists of minerals, organic matter, and living organisms. Land degradation disrupts the ecological balance of the soil, which in turn threatens the sustainability of the environment. Land degradation is the deterioration of soil by erosion; pollution; and land use changes. Erosion is the loss of soil. Less soil leads to limited plant growth. Plants hold the soil in place and play a part in the carbon cycle. Not only does limited plant growth expand erosion, but it also interrupts a process that
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