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Environmental change: effects on three particular species: Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield, and Leslie Megahey: 2007 Earth Days: Environmentalism: environmental movement in the United States: Robert Stone: 2009 Eco-Pirate: The Story of Paul Watson: Hunting: anti-whaling: Trish Dolman: 2011 Elemental: Water pollution: Ganges River
Water pollution is a major global environmental problem because it can result in the degradation of all aquatic ecosystems – fresh, coastal, and ocean waters. [75] The specific contaminants leading to pollution in water include a wide spectrum of chemicals, pathogens, and physical changes
[2]: 16 This is the result of human induced factors such as increased nutrient inputs (nutrient pollution) and climate change (in particular the warming of water temperatures). [2]: 16 The parameters that affect the formation of HABs are ocean warming, marine heatwaves, oxygen loss, eutrophication and water pollution.
Water pollution (or aquatic pollution) is the contamination of water bodies, with a negative impact on their uses. [153]: 6 It is usually a result of human activities. Water bodies include lakes, rivers, oceans, aquifers, reservoirs and groundwater. Water pollution results when contaminants mix with these water bodies. Contaminants can come ...
The effects stem from the altered hydrological conditions caused by the installation and operation of the irrigation scheme. Amongst some of these problems is the depletion of underground aquifers through overdrafting. Soil can be over-irrigated due to poor distribution uniformity or management wastes water, chemicals, and may lead to water ...
Water warming effects, as opposed to water cooling effects, have been the most studied with regard to biogeochemical effects. Much of this research is on the long term effects of nuclear power plants on lakes after a nuclear power plant has been removed. Overall, there is support for thermal pollution leading to an increase in water ...
Water footprint; Water point mapping; Water pollution; Water pyramid; Water resource policy; Water resources; Water security; Water table; Water-energy nexus; Water-meadow; WaterAid; Watershed management; List of watershed topics; Watertable control; Well drainage; WEPP; Wet infrastructure; Wishing Well: Water for the World; World Water Week in ...
Pollution: water pollution: ISBN 1-59448-925-4: The Global Interior: Mineral Frontiers and American Power: Megan Black: 2018: Environmental history; U.S. imperialism: ISBN 978-0-674984-25-7: Global Spin: The Corporate Assault on Environmentalism: Sharon Beder: 1997: Anti-environmentalism and free-market environmentalism: ISBN 978-1-890132-12-5