User:Samandeepkaur002/Environmental Pollution (journal)

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Air Pollution:

Air pollution is composed basically of coarse particles, liquid drops and gaseous compounds formed from exhaust emissions where combustion, industrial stand, residential heating and agriculture are contributing factors. Tiny particles of grime, also known as PM2.5, nitrogen dioxide (NO2), ozone (03) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) endanger human health greatly. They threaten people's lungs, exacerbating respiratory complications, allergies, cardiovascular conditions, and cancer. Moreover, they produce acid rain and haze, thus contribute to eutrophication, and climate forcing with a goal to damage regional stability and climatic variability of the environment.

Water Pollution

Contamination of surface water (lakes, rivers, estuaries) and groundwater into reserves that are a life-saving source for the earth is a danger to freshwater resources. The sources of concern are outlined in the municipal wastewater treatment plants, industrial effluents, and diffused wastes from agricultural lands that introduce pathogens nutrients, metals, POPs, pharmaceuticals, PPCPs, and micro catchments to aquatic waters. As a result of this pollution, ecological changes like the death of marine organisms and their habitats due to the direct poisoning of the marine life and also because the repercussions of the trophic changes and oxygen deficiency which might result in the creation of mutations, they all are the trophic bioaccumulation. In humans, it is no different. They suffer mobility limitations, health complications such as water-borne diseases and malnutrition, similarly, women and children face health disadvantages.

Soil Pollution

Entrance of alien biochemicals that are primarily from agricultural involvements, offices, household wastes and battles are accountable for the pedosphere worsening. Heavy metalloids, loner chemicals, PPCPs, radionuclides, estradiol's and plastics poison soils causing soil degeneration and impeding the cycling of nutrients which directly affects physiochemical properties that limit species diversity. Beside the loss of biodiversity, it is natural to expect adverse impacts on commercial fish yields, and ecosystem services, and disruption of food chains which can eventually threaten human food security. It can also cause bio-accumulation.

Light Pollution

Light pollution predominantly released from plotted areas through wide spreading is an issue of two aspects -overglow and light spill. Both sources are the cause of uncomfortable visual effects, dazzle, lowered sensitivity to contrast, dysfunction of scotopic vision, and so on. Safe and susceptible individuals could be affected with hindrances/disruptions. Among other consequences of biased emission of photons, waste of energy on the one hand and loss of observational astronomy opportunities on the other, in addition, ecologically relevant responses would be possible, myriads others might happen, like cessation of circadian rhythmicity, insufficiency of reproduction process, and difficulties in migrations as well as predator-prey relationships, namely.

Remediation Measures and Mitigation Strategies: Remediation Measures and Mitigation Strategies:

Taking into view the dire threat of environmental pollution, it is high time we start investigating the viable means devoted to the relief from the existing problems and the prevention of the impending dangerous situation. Renewable fuels becoming the dominant source of energy, resource efficiency improvement, extensively using green chemistry principles, adopting circular economy concepts, implementing strong regulations, education of all stakeholders and developing responsible consumers are the thoughts that will connected the dots in solving this problem. Nevertheless, the impact of environmental pollution is greatly linked with multiple factors so that, holistic approaches that combine scientific progresses with socioeconomic, cultural, political and ethical concerns must be coordinated if humanity is to have any success in the long term fight against this persistent force that increasingly makes the planet sick.

Anthropogenic Factors:

We can say then that environmental pollution is perpetuated by the ever increasing trend of humans to fulfill every need they have and to obtain more and more because the exploitation of natural resources is the catalyst that fuels pollution through the emission of harmful products. The industries, the cities, the timber clearing, the mining, the agriculture, and the transportation are the main actors of this terrible destruction that over and over again leaves their marks on the innocent landscapes and the feeble ecosystems.

Atmospheric Pollution:

It is composed of gases, particles, and vaporous compounds, though the kinds of pollution can vary from one another. It could be as the greenhouse gases (e.g., carbon dioxide, methane), criteria air pollutants (e.g., sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter) or volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Due to the intricate interaction among them, these ingredients serve all together as catalysts to the many chemical mishaps resulting in smog, acid rain, depletion of the reduced ozone in the stratosphere, an a drop in its mass and global climate change.

Aquatic Contamination:

Water pollution engulfs all fresh water and sea organisms and tightly ties their long lives to the suffocating illness, leading to decreasing biodiversity, decline of obtain income from a fishery, dropping off tourism, and the rise of rates of water-borne deceases. Eutrophication, hypoxia, thermal pollution, salinity, and presence of foreign species assumed personalities of these offenders, which turn colorful biolabs into pale dead zones deprived of life.

Terrestrial Degradation:

Watersheds contaminated with heavy metals, petroleum products, synthetic chemicals, and radioisotopes undermine yield capacity, trigger food safety issues, and impede ecological succession. With acts of human-led destruction obviously declaring grave outcomes for subsistence, commercial and intact landscape hallmarks.

Auditory Discord:

"Noise pollution", which prevails in urban soundscapes by way of exposing inhabitants to noisy and stressful ambience, injures the quality of life and results in health problems in the denizens. The transient mix of honking, hammering, moaning, and zipping extends itself contiguously to an audial maze which adversarial stresses our perceptibility, speech intelligibility, learning capabilities, and restful sleep.

Luminous Blight:

an unnatural display of luminous fixtures are installed everywhere in the cities, turning on the sky with a senseless light which is blocking out astrological beauty and making it impossible to enjoy the mystery of the dark, or in other words, the ancient area. Increasing luminosities destroy the normal rhythm of a day, and cause confusion in orientation, leading to malfunctioning of body hormonal chemistry and thriving of the individual species. As a result, the predators thrive and they get more opportunities as well.

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