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    Water scarcity is an environmental problem that reaches around the globe. This lack of water is called the World Water Crisis. In the U.S, people are privileged enough to be able to use clean water for many things. However, the U.S is effected by water scarcity as well as countries who are underdeveloped and aren 't as privileged as we are. Only 2.5 percent of Earth 's water is fresh water, of which industrial uses account for 22 percent of available fresh water, domestic use requires only 8 percent

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    rain is a huge problem to the world. Acid rain is defined as “precipitation, as rain, snow, or sleet, containing relatively high concentrations of acid-forming chemicals, as the pollutants from coal smoke, chemical manufacturing, and smelting, that have been released into the atmosphere and combined with water vapor: harmful to the environment”(Dictionary.com). Acid rain has huge effects on trees and plants, waterways, and soil (epa.gov). Acid rain is an unnatural environmental problem that if not stopped

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    With The Gulf of Mexico being the ninth largest body of water in the world, it is obvious that there may be a few environmental problems. The estuaries of The Gulf of Mexico are being destroyed and there is no one to point fingers at except ourselves. Estuaries provide humans with many uses and benefits such as a water supply, trading ports, agricultural support, sport and commercial fisheries, and even recreational uses for swimming or jet skiing. People from all over the world come to our city

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    Environment, a term used to describe the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates. Major environmental problems plaguing Louisiana include flooding, but also pollution and wetland loss. Presently, Louisiana and the city of Baton Rouge are dealing with dangerous flood levels. According to (Yan et al., 2016), a Red Cross member stated that “the catastrophic flooding in Louisiana is the worst natural disaster to strike the United States since Hurricane Sandy

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    I. The environmental problem that I am studying is pollution on the Canadian oil sands. According to industry sources, this is the largest single oil deposit in the world at an estimated 1.7 to 2.5 trillion barrels ( The oil sands are in the north of the country, in sparsely-populated areas, and have come to prominence recently for a couple of issues. The first is the plan to build the Keystone pipeline to get oil from the oil sands to Texas and the second is the environmental devastation caused

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    Solving Environmental Sustainability Problems The restaurant business is one of the most important types of business in the entire world. Restaurants feed thousands of people daily and also supply others with job opportunities. Mary is an owner of a thriving restaurant that gives customers a full tummy and employees a nice paycheck. One day, Mary decides to do a detailed inspection herself to confirm that the restaurant is running smoothly and properly. When Mary began the inspection process, there

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    Environmental Problem – Ocean Dumping and Trash Pollution Ocean water takes up seventy percent of the entire Earth’s surface and ninety-six percent of water found is in the oceans. Ocean water is a wonderful resource for travel, recreational purposes and is the largest habitat for plants. Additionally, one in every six jobs held by a United States citizen is marine-related. Also, “biological productivity of the ocean plays a vital role in the global climate and carbon cycle and provides nearly 50

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    What are the problems with America currently today? One problem we have faced in America is environmental pollutions. Environmental pollutions are the harmful filth in the air, we breathe everyday. Perhaps we do not notice them as we breathe. Some filth is seen from a far distance. Factory filth is the main pollution producer in the USA now. One environmental pollution are caused by factories because the product they produce causes the filth out of them. This could be the car production or agricultural

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    ation: Biotechnology Using Plants to Reverse the Effects of Environmental Problems. Introduction In the last century the population has increased by 6 billion and by 2050 is expected to reach 8 Billion, this coupled with global industrialisation has placed huge stresses on the environment, affecting sustainability and causing buildups of organic and inorganic contaminants throughout the biosphere, most notably in the rhizosphere (Ward & Singh, 2004). Phytoremediation coming from the Greek word

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    The effects of environmental problems introduced by climate change such as,carbon emissions, pollution of air, soil and water are shown in various forms.With the aim of leaving a more inhabitable environment for the future generations,the urgency to take measures against them emanates. The embodiment points of measures typically stem from individual awareness, obligation to the environment and an appeal to saving money. Our product satisfies those obligations, Hydrao Shower head is an innovative

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