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Pollution is the introduction of harmful materials into the environment. These harmful materials, they can be natural or they can also be created by human activity.

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Air pollution is caused by particles and certain gases that are suspended in the air. These particles and gases can come from car and truck exhaust, factories, dust, pollen, mold spores, volcanoes and wildfires.

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Long-term health effects from air pollution include heart disease, lung cancer, and respiratory diseases.

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LINKS:

https://climatekids.nasa.gov/air-pollution/

https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/pollution/

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Acid rain is a broad term that includes acidic components, such as sulfuric or nitric acid that fall to the ground from the atmosphere in wet or dry forms.  This can include rain, snow, fog, hail or even dust that is acidic

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Burning of fossil fuels

Vehicles and heavy equipment.

Manufacturing, oil refineries and other industries.

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Acid rain that seeps into the ground can dissolve nutrients that can make the surfaces toxic

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What is Acid Rain? | National Geographic

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https://www.epa.gov/acidrain/what-acid-rain

https://www3.epa.gov/acidrain/education/site_students/whyharmful.html

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Floods are when water overflows from the normal boundaries of a stream, river or other body of water, or accumulates in an area that is usually dry.

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Floods are often caused by heavy rainfall, rapid snowmelt or a storm surge from a tropical cyclone or tsunami in coastal areas.

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Floods can cause widespread devastation, resulting in loss of life and damages to personal property and critical public health infrastructure.

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https://www.who.int/health-topics/floods#tab=tab_1

https://www.ifrc.org/our-work/disasters-climate-and-crises/what-disaster/floods

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Water scarcity limits access to safe water for drinking and for practising basic hygiene. When water is scarce, sewage systems can fail and the threat of contracting diseases like cholera surges. Scarce water also becomes more expensive.

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1.- Climate change

2.- Natural disasters

3.- Lack of infrastructure

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When waters run dry, people can't get enough to drink, wash, or feed crops, and economic decline may occur. It can lead to deadly diarrheal diseases, including cholera and typhoid fever, and other water-borne illnesses

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Water Scarcity - explained in a nutshell

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https://www.worldwildlife.org/threats/water-scarcity/

https://www.concern.net/news/global-water-crisis-causes

https://www.unicef.org/wash/water-scarcity