PPT-1.5 Humans & Pollution

Mrs Page ESS 2015 Significant Ideas Pollution is a highly diverse phenomenon of human disturbances in ecosystems Management strategies can be applied at different levels Application amp Skills. Indoor Air Quality. Indoor Air Pollution. Indoor air contains higher concentrations of pollutants than outdoor air (up to 70x). Indoor air pollution usually is a greater threat to human health than outdoor air pollution.. Pollution Control to save. the Earth. Environmental Pollution: . Definition – Causes, pollution effects and control measures of Air, Water, Soil, Marine, Noise, Thermal, Nuclear hazards. Solid waste management: causes, effects and control measures of urban and industrial wastes, pollution measures, case studies, Disaster management: floods, earthquake, cyclone and landslides.. LAND & WATER POLLUTION. By . Dr. Frank Elwell. The Environment. THROUGHOUT HUMAN HISTORY, PEOPLE'S ACTIVITIES HAVE HAD AN ENORMOUS IMPACT ON THE PHYSICAL WORLD, AND NEW ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN CREATED BY THE SOLUTIONS TO OLD ONES.. By:Luna C. , Jessica L.M. , Lindey O.C , Jaquelinne R. . How can I get this information?. By researching about air pollution, reading newspapers and magazines (articles).. Driving Question. Why should we care about air pollution around the globe? How will we get the message out to others?. LT 7C: Describe the major outdoor and indoor air pollution problems, discuss the causes and effects of these problems and explain possible solutions to them..  . Outdoor Air Pollution. The presence of chemicals in the atmosphere in concentrations high enough to harm organisms, ecosystems, or human-made materials, or to alter the climate. Indicators & State . of . Environment Reporting . Johannes Schilling. Project Manager – Policy evaluation & EU ETS. Air and . Climate. Change . Programme. johannes.schilling@eea.europa.eu. There are 3 major sectors of society that cause water pollution ….. What are they?. Industry –. W. hat . pollutants does this create?. Gas. Oil. Plastics. Mining. Batteries. Radioactive materials. Green Budget Europe Event. Dr. Aonghus McNabola. School of Engineering. Trinity College Dublin. 15. th. Sept 2016. Diesel Emissions, Air Pollution & Climate Change. What do we mean by ‘air pollution’ ?. main activities and results. Alexey Gusev, MSC-E. 3. rd. Joint session WGE/SB . EMEP, 2017. Largest contribution . is from . Residential combustion . (~70%). Emissions of Residential combustion are . Definition & Types. Point-source Pollution – pollution that comes from a single source. Nonpoint-source Pollution – pollution that comes from different sources. Non-Point. Point. Factories. . Habitat. Ecosystem. Wetland. Sediment. Food chain. Benthos/Benthic . Bioaccumulation. Pollution. What is pollution?. What does pollution look like? Smell like? Taste like?. What are examples of pollution near your school?. = gases & particulate material added to the atmosphere. Can affect climate or harm people. Air pollution. = the release of pollutants. Outdoor (ambient) air pollution. = pollution outside. Has recently decreased due to government policy and improved technologies in developed countries. In developing countries, water pollution is caused mainly from dumping raw sewage into the water supply.. In developed countries, water pollution comes mainly from 3 sources. Municipal pollution. Industrial pollution. Prof. Nino Künzli, MD, PhD. Deputy. -Director . Swiss. Tropical and . Public. . Health. . Institute. . Basel. Dean. of . the. . Swiss. . School. of . Public. . Health. (SSPH+) . Professor.