Global Warming : A Potential Solution

The increase in pollution over the past century is of little surprise to many. Mankind has made great strides in such a short time, however, with these great strides, there are consequences. With the advancement of technology and the ability to harvest different sources of energies, there has been a rise in the amount of wastes and pollution. Actions that most people don’t even consider, such as driving their car and using fertilizers are mundane actions that may not seem like much, but they too, contribute to pollution. Eventually, many types of pollution and waste make their way to the ocean. Therefore, pollution has a significant impact on the ocean and marine life.

Another common remediation technique is stabilization or solidification which aims to alter the contaminants into a less soluble or mobile form (Wuana and Okieimen, 2011; Mulligan, Yong, and Gibbs, 2001; United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1991). In both methods water and a site-specific chemical solution is mixed into the soil to either alter its physical - make it less soluble - or chemical - reduce mobility - properties to make it less likely that the contaminants will move into other locations or be inhaled (Wuana and Okieimen, 2011; Mulligan, Yong, and Gibbs, 2001). Chemical treatment can also fall under the umbrella term of stabilization. Chemical treatment is add chemical solutions to the soil to detoxify the soil and can be used as a pre-treatment for other techniques such as solidification (Wuana and Okieimen, 2011; Mulligan, Yong, and Gibbs, 2001). These techniques are typically preferred due to lower costs but other physical elements of the soil, such as boulders, can make mixing the soil difficult and the process can volatilize and release volatile compounds (Mulligan, Yong, and Gibbs, 2001; United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1991). Mobility of contaminants can also be reduced by using the technique of vitrification through the process of heating up the soil (Wuana and Okieimen, 2011; United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1991). This method results

Fruitvale was a perfect town. There was a nice creek (Strawberry Creek) that dogs and children could play in and a very good diner that families could eat out at. Fruitvale was a mini fairy-tale land, until they hit reality. Fruitvale was recently contaminated by a No-Bug Pesticide that farmers had been using to get rid of the bugs eating their crops. Twelve wells were tested and the No-Bug Pesticide had not contaminated the Fruitvale Municipal Water Well yet. After one year, we tested all of the wells again to see how far the contaminant has spread. We have found that Fruitvale has approximately three years to get Fruitvale de-contaminated. We want to keep the cost at a minimum and all of the Fruitvale residents safe. To meet these goals, we hypothesize that bioremediation would be the most efficient way to accomplish the following task of making Fruitvale a safe

The clean up phase of the railroad avenue site has used solvent flushing for enhanced in-situ bioremediation in hot spot PCE zones and dissolved-phase plume. The site is also monitored at least

Arriving in rivers, lakes, reservoirs and the sea, pollutants make significant changes in the steady state and disrupt the equilibrium state of aquatic ecosystems. As a result of the transformation process of polluting substances waters flowing under the influence of natural factors, water sources in complete or partial restoration of their original properties. This can form secondary pollutants decomposition products that have a negative impact on water quality (Cunha, et.al, 2015).

Bioremediation is a supported method because it uses bioremediators to benefit the environment. This biotechnology is also far safer than to use humans to clean up polluted areas. Bioremediators such as microbes can quickly multiply because they are able to consume the contaminant and use it as food for themselves. This method also works on a large area, so it is preferred when massive emergencies such as oil spills occur. Bioremediation works best in water, so it can reduce water

In this essay the advantages and limitations of bioremediation, biostimulation, and biofermentation with regard to environmental factors will be discussed and evaluated. Ship pollution is a huge source of ocean pollution, the most devastating effect of which is oil spills ("Causes and Effects of Ocean Pollution”). Ship contamination is a gigantic wellspring of sea contamination, the most crushing impact of which is oil Spills. Unrefined petroleum goes on for a considerable length of time in the ocean and is amazingly lethal to marine life, regularly choking out marine creatures to death once it ensnares them. Raw Petroleum spills are extremely hard to clean up, when it is separated it is there to remain. What 's more, numerous boats lose a huge number of boxes every year because of tempests, crises, and mischances. This results in noise pollution, algae, and ballast water.

Intentionally or accidentally, pollution has entered the water system for years. Our water sources have been treated as an unlimited supply, but with the pollution and waste getting worse, the supply could run low. Fertilizers can drain into rivers from the fields, and effluent is sometimes released into rivers from sewage, chemicals from factories that also illegally dump waste products contribute to pollution (“Water Pollution… 4). Water pollution is a serious problem that is affecting humans and animals, and this problem needs an efficient solution. This can be seen through an examination of the history, causes, effects, and possible solutions.

In this lab, we constructed a terraqua column. The terraqua column consisted of a terrestrial environment, complete with plants, an earthworm, and soil. The bottom was an aquatic environment and included a beta fish, elodea plants, and duckweed. This column was meant to be a model in how biogeochemical cycles, eutrophication, and Human introduced pollution affect real-life environments. Throughout this lab, the group came to the consensus that the actions of humans, environments, and natural processes are interconnected. In addition, a deep understanding of all three factors must be acquired, in order to build a sustainable world for the future.

Over the past few decades’ substances that we use every day are showing up in our lakes, rivers, streams and ultimately our drinking water. More and more studies into this matter are being conducted to determine any harm, not only to humans, but to ecosystems as well. One of the

Eutrophication is a natural process that lakes and certain bodies of water undergo. Eutrophication happens by having a significant level of biodegradable waste in a body of water. The nutrients in the water promote growth of primary producers which has a positive impact on consumers. These nutrients usually cause bodies of water to be cloudy, turbid, have a high number of primary producers, and promote the excessive growth of algae (Koechli, 2015). This then causes the body of water to reduce its dissolved oxygen level, and dead biomass to accumulate. Although it is a natural process, humans can affect these bodies of water by inserting a surplus of nutrients. This process is called cultural eutrophication, which is considered a form of water pollution (Koechli, 2015). This pollution is often caused by fertilizer run-off and much more. It causes the overgrowth of aquatic plants. These plants quickly become crowded and have to compete for space and sunlight. Because of this, aquatic life is threatened due to the low dissolved oxygen, and blocked sunlight. Cultural eutrophication is

Within the last fifty years, global temperature has increased significantly faster than the past 650,000 years. In the next one hundred years, the global temperature is supposed to rise by three to nine degrees. This may not seem like such a big change however, with a rise in temperature, many negative consequences will being to show. Some of these consequences include but are not limited to destroying the O-zone, increase in disease, powerful weather disasters, rising sea levels, and overall decrease in health for all things living on Earth. If people do not become informed by the consequences of what they do every day, humans may no longer have a planet to call home.

Global warming is an issue that has caused a great deal of situations and problems. This global phenomenon may have been induced by humans and their activities. However, climate change has a significant impact on humans. According to Dr. H. Steven Moffic from the Medical College of Wisconsin “people have heard about global warming for years, However, they don’t always think the issues are already here.” (Casper, 2010, p.92).

Over the past ten years, the Institute of Gas Technology, now Gas Technology Institute (GTI), USA and others have conducted research on the bioremediation of organic contaminants in soil. Most of this work has been associated with remediation of former Manufactured Gas Plant (MGP) sites, soils from industrial areas and oil production areas have also been studied. The results have shown that: (1) organic contaminants are biodegraded by indigenous soil microorganisms to a concentration that no longer decreases, or that decreases very slowly, with continued treatment; (2) reductions below this concentration are limited by the availability of the contaminants to the microorganisms; and (3) the residual contaminants that remain after biological

Activated sludge (AS) has become one of the most widely used biological wastewater treatment processes. The AS involves the transformation through metabolic processes of dissolved and suspended wastewater substrate, consisting of organic, nitrogen and phosphorus compounds, to settlable biological flocs and gases. (Sanin et al., 2006; Semblante et al., 2014). These flocs containing biomass and inorganic matter are settled in secondary sedimentation chambers to produce effluent that has low suspended solids concentration. A portion of the settled sludge is returned to the beginning of the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in order to maintain a desirable biomass concentration and process efficiency.