Research notes by Mat Hughes

Pollution-Neil Schutte

2018-10-25 01:11:35 UTC

It is all the things we throw away in the environment. Pollution affects the environment in ways such as killing the animals, killing the plants and affect the ecosystem.

Poaching

2018-10-25 01:12:19 UTC

Animal poaching is when an animal is killed illegally. It usually occurs when an animal possesses something that is considered valuable

How can we stop animal captivity

2018-10-25 01:13:38 UTC

21 % of all known mammals are threatened with extinction

Mirco plastic

mcdonald_mitchell1 — 2018-10-25 01:15:18 UTC

90% of salt is Mirco plastic

Air pollution

hutson_jonais — 2018-10-25 01:15:38 UTC

Air pollution causes around 2.4 million deaths each year. That is around 1 death every 13 seconds.

Pollution

2018-10-25 01:15:58 UTC

Animal Captivity

ford_georgia — 2018-10-25 01:16:05 UTC

in the zoo or the circus, wild animals brought up in captive breeding programs are almost never released into the wild

Animal Testing

2018-10-25 01:16:27 UTC

Over 100 million animals are getting burned, crippled, poisoned, and abused in US labs every year.

2. 92% of experimental 🤬 that are safe and effective in animals fail in human clinical trials because they are too dangerous or don’t work.

Micro plastic

mcdonald_mitchell1 — 2018-10-25 01:16:50 UTC

Found in humans in worrying amount and how sea food and salt is transfers

What is water pollution?

malissar_brooklyn — 2018-10-25 01:17:36 UTC

Water pollution is the contamination of large bodies of water (lakes, dams, oceans) due human activity.

Deforestation

soberano_zamantha — 2018-10-25 01:18:18 UTC

Forests currently cover about 30% of the world’s land mass

Pollution - Mitchell Allen

2018-10-25 01:18:23 UTC

Pollution is one of the biggest global killers, affecting over 100 million people.

Deforestation

2018-10-25 01:18:24 UTC

Deforestation

2018-10-25 01:18:49 UTC

It is considered one of the main reasons of global climate change.

-Lia

Poaching-Neil Schutte

2018-10-25 01:19:12 UTC

Poaching is animals being hunted and killed illegally. It is illegal because if poaching is done, it may cause a major change in the ecosystem. One example of poaching and causing a change in the ecosystem is hunting sharks for their fins. Once the poachers cut of the shark’s fins, they release it back into the ocean to die, just so some rich guy can have a bowl of soup. This causes a major change in the ocean ecosystem.

Deforestation - Angus

2018-10-25 01:19:23 UTC

The rate of deforestation equals to loss of 20 football fields every minute.

Air pollution- Caitlyn

2018-10-25 01:19:44 UTC

Air pollution is one of the most serious problems in our lives. Harmful and dangerous chemicals contaminate the air and atmosphere.

Plastic usage/Plastic in oceans

2018-10-25 01:20:06 UTC

The ocean is the worlds biggest rubbish dump

Deforestation - Angus

2018-10-25 01:20:22 UTC

Up to 28,000 species are expected to become extinct by the next quarter of the century due to deforestation.

Microplastics in Sea Salt

hcc_noahvella — 2018-10-25 01:20:27 UTC

Did you know that 90% of sea salt actually contains high amounts of micro plastic?

Source: National Geographic

animal cruelty

2018-10-25 01:20:30 UTC

50% the fur in the US comes from China, where millions of dogs and cats are often bled to death and skinned alive

littering - ivana

2018-10-25 01:21:19 UTC

littering is bad for people and the environment because when people throw rubbish like plastic onto the ground, the plastic somehow finds its way into the ocean which fish usually mistake for food. This is also very bad for humans because, if the humans eat the fish that had eaten the plastic, people are basically consuming the plastic that the fish had eaten.

Why do we still use plastic?

durham_chloe — 2018-10-25 01:21:35 UTC

While plastic is an important role in fields such as medicine, it should not be part of our everyday lives. Knowing the damage caused by these items, much stricter action needs to be taken to prevent their use. Single-use plastics should be banned all together, or the prices to access items like plastic bags,coffee cups,straws,and water bottles should be so high that no one would want to forget their own reusable option.

Air pollution

nicolemont — 2018-10-25 01:22:18 UTC

burning of fossil fuels and the release of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are causing the earth to become warmer.

Deforestation

2018-10-25 01:22:23 UTC

Over 70% of the world's animals and plants live in forests and are losing their habitats to deforestation. Loss of habitat can lead to species extinction.

-Lia

Micro plastic

mcdonald_mitchell1 — 2018-10-25 01:22:56 UTC

In Australia there is almost no hair, toothpaste and clothing options without micro plastic

Pollution

2018-10-25 01:23:20 UTC

Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change. This includes pollution in the water,land and air.

Poaching

dzidek_jayden — 2018-10-25 01:23:21 UTC

Animal poaching is when an animal is killed illegally. It usually occurs when an animal possesses something that is considered valuable

Deforestation

2018-10-25 01:23:24 UTC

Deforestation can drive climate change. Forest soils are moist but without protection from the trees around the soil, the soil starts to quickly dry out. Trees also play a critical role in absorbing green house gases that fuel global warming

Environment Friendly

2018-10-25 01:23:24 UTC

An estimated 250 million trees can be save each year if every published newspaper is recycled.

Waste.

2018-10-25 01:23:37 UTC

Water Pollution

soberano_zamantha — 2018-10-25 01:24:01 UTC

Water pollution kills around 10,000 people around the world every day - that's 3.6 million people every year

Environment Friendly

2018-10-25 01:24:35 UTC

An estimated 250 million trees can be save each year if every published newspaper is recycled.

Intensive Farming

2018-10-25 01:24:41 UTC

Intensive farming practices include growing high-yield crops, using fertilisers and pesticides and keeping animals indoors.

Waste

2018-10-25 01:24:46 UTC

Environmental impacts. Disposing of waste has huge environmental impacts and cancause serious problems. ... Leachate produced as waste decomposes may cause pollution. Badly-managed landfill sites may attract vermin or cause litter.
Isabelle

How can we keep our rivers clean?

2018-10-25 01:24:48 UTC

This widespread problem of water pollution is jeopardizing our health. Unsafe water kills more people each year than war and all other forms of violence combined.

Plastic ocean pollution

reith_jordan — 2018-10-25 01:24:54 UTC

Over the last ten years we have produced more plastic than during the whole of the last century.

Air pollution

nicolemont — 2018-10-25 01:25:09 UTC

Air pollution kills more than 2 million people each year, according to a study published in the journal of Environmental Research Letters

What is water pollution

malissar_brooklyn — 2018-10-25 01:25:11 UTC

Water pollution is contamination of large bodies of water (oceans, lakes dams) due to human activity.

Plastic in the ocean (cooper)

davey_cooper — 2018-10-25 01:25:20 UTC

Around 8 million tonnes of plastic went into the ocean in 2010, according to the most comprehensive study of plastic pollution so far.

There are five massive patches of plastic in the oceans around the world. These huge concentrations of plastic debris cover large swaths of the ocean; the one between California and Hawaii is the size of the state of Texas

Every minute, one garbage truck of plastic is dumped into our oceans

Family Friendyn

2018-10-25 01:25:56 UTC

Through recycling and composting of waste, approximately 181 million metric tons of carbon dioxide was eliminated in 2014.

Household waste

2018-10-25 01:26:04 UTC

Australian households throw out enough food every year to fill more than 450,000 garbage trucks. This food is worth A$5.2 billion!

Acid Rain

adrain_conor — 2018-10-25 01:26:47 UTC

Because nitrogen oxides are created in the process of burning coal and other fossil fuels, some power plants are changing the way they burn coal. A great way to reduce acid rain is to produce energy without using fossil fuels.

Poaching

Jackgiblin — 2018-10-25 01:26:55 UTC

There are fewer than 7000 African wild dogs left in the world, and only about 400 in South Africa. In Somkhanda, dogs are injured by snares left by local poachers to trap antelope or wildebeest.

Plastic ocean pollution

reith_jordan — 2018-10-25 01:27:34 UTC

Over the last ten years we have produced more plastic than during the whole of the last century.

Micro plastics in humans

pascoe_samuel — 2018-10-25 01:27:49 UTC

Studies have calculated that Europeans could ingest as many as 11,000 Microplastics a year.

What is water pollution?

malissar_brooklyn — 2018-10-25 01:28:04 UTC

Water pollution is the contamination of large bodies of water (dams, lakes, oceans) due to human activity.

What is happing to trees

jarrett_tayla — 2018-10-25 01:28:06 UTC

Just one area of forest Indonesia’s rainforests — covers just 1 percent of the Earth’s land area, but contains 10 percent of the world’s known plant species, 12 percent of mammal species including endangered orangutans and critically endangered Sumatran tigers and rhinos and 17 percent of all known bird species

Water pollution

2018-10-25 01:28:20 UTC

Some countries have extreme cases of pollution. The country with the most pollution are the area around Asia. To be more specific South Korea and China are the worst as they have alot of industrial areas which means all materials they use to right into the ocean.

Poaching

Jackgiblin — 2018-10-25 01:28:25 UTC

Ex-poacher Albert Mathe says villagers like him turned to hunting, not to get rich, but to feed their families. He says they stopped poaching after some of their people were killed.

Plastic ocean pollution

reith_jordan — 2018-10-25 01:28:52 UTC

50 percent of the plastic we use, we use just once and throw away.

Plastic - Riley Keating

2018-10-25 01:29:15 UTC

In the Los Angeles area alone, 10 metric tons of plastic fragments—like grocery bags, straws and soda bottles—are carried into the Pacific Ocean every day.
Over the last ten years we have produced more plastic than during the whole of the last century.
50 percent of the plastic we use, we use just once and throw away.
Enough plastic is thrown away each year to circle the earth four times.

Animal Captivity

2018-10-25 01:29:24 UTC

21 % of all known mammals are threatened with extinction

Pollution

javier_carl — 2018-10-25 01:29:39 UTC

Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change. This includes pollution in the air, land and water

Trees

jarrett_tayla — 2018-10-25 01:30:07 UTC

Timber harvesting (37%), agricultural expansion (28%), wildfire (21%), construction of roads for resource mining and extraction, pipelines, and power lines (12%) and expansion of transportation networks via roads (2%).

Deforestation

2018-10-25 01:30:33 UTC

Deforestation has a huge impact on the environment all around the world because it is destroying habitats and endangering animals

Plastic - Riley Keating

2018-10-25 01:30:38 UTC

We currently recover only five percent of the plastics we produce.
The average American throws away approximately 185 pounds of plastic per year.
Plastic accounts for around 10 percent of the total waste we generate.
The production of plastic uses around eight percent of the world's oil production (bioplastics are not a good solution as they require food source crops).

animal testing - ivana

2018-10-25 01:30:38 UTC

Depending on the drug being tested this can involve the animals becoming very sick – vomiting, fever, heart attacks and even death. Because of animal testing aroun 100million animals die each year from beauty products being tested on them

Pollution in our oceans - Ethan.A

2018-10-25 01:30:41 UTC

One of the biggest sources is called nonpoint source pollution which occurs as a result of runoff. Nonpoint source pollution includes many small sources, like septic tanks, cars, trucks, and boats, plus larger sources, such as farms, livestock ranches, and timber harvest areas.

Global warming-Neil Schutte

2018-10-25 01:30:44 UTC

Global warming is the change in the Earth’s climate system due to the greenhouse gas effect, making the climate system warming. Global warming also causes all the ice to melt, causing a rise in sea level. Global warming is caused by human activity that involves causing to trap the heat in the Earth’s atmosphere

What is Water pollution?

2018-10-25 01:30:50 UTC

Water pollution is the contamination of large bodies of water (lakes, dams, oceans) due to human activity.

Alier

pach_bernaba — 2018-10-25 01:30:54 UTC

America alone wastes around 1trillion gallons of water every year. I trillion gallons is impossible for humans to imagine so here are some analogies
It’s around 40 million swimming pools and 24 BILLION baths.

Animal Cruelty

briggs_casey — 2018-10-25 01:31:11 UTC

The method claimed to be the most humane by bile farmers, is 'free-drip' method, where bears undergo surgery to create a permanent open passage from their gallbladder through their abdomen.

Global Warming

LukeRange — 2018-10-25 01:31:19 UTC

The Artic and Antarctic glaciers will melt nearly completely before 2100 due to the increase in temperature and which results in higher sea levels.

Trophic Cascade

albufera_john — 2018-10-25 01:31:32 UTC

is when a ecological phenomenon triggered by a predators extinction that can also impact populations of prey, which can cause dramatic ecosystem and food web changes.

Plastic - Riley Keating

2018-10-25 01:31:44 UTC

Americans throw away 35 billion plastic water bottles every year.
Plastic in the ocean breaks down into such small segments that pieces of plastic from a one litre bottle could end up on every mile of beach throughout the world.
Annually approximately 500 billion plastic bags are used worldwide. More than one million bags are used every minute.
46 percent of plastics float (EPA 2006) and it can drift for years before eventually concentrating in the ocean gyres.

Animal captivity

hodges_kobe — 2018-10-25 01:31:44 UTC

millions of wild animals living in captivity across the United States. Some are in aquariums, circuses, theme parks and zoos, others live caged at private homes.

How can we stop animal Captivity

2018-10-25 01:31:53 UTC

28% of all known reptiles are threatened with extinction

Trees

jarrett_tayla — 2018-10-25 01:32:04 UTC

Forests are the only liveable habitat for a variety of species around the globe — many of which have not even have been discovered.

Plastic ocean pollution

reith_jordan — 2018-10-25 01:32:07 UTC

Refuse single-serving packaging, excess packaging, straws and other "disposable" plastics. Carry reusable utensils in your purse, backpack or car to use at bbq's, potlucks or take-out restaurants.

Over fishing

2018-10-25 01:32:18 UTC

29% of the world’s fish stocks are overfished, 61% of the world’s fish stock are completely over fished, 10% of the world’s fish stocks are under fished.

Animal Captivity

ford_georgia — 2018-10-25 01:32:19 UTC

Organisations that use captive wild animals, such as the circus,engage in abusive training methods, such as the use of hooks, chains and whips

Deforestation

2018-10-25 01:32:39 UTC

Forests cover 31% of the land area on our planet

water waste

mckeown_hannah — 2018-10-25 01:32:43 UTC

1 in 6 people don’t have access to water sanitation. The average American uses 2,000 gallons of water a day. On the other hand the average African family uses 5 gallons of water a day. Throughout Australia, approximately 15 million litres of water are used each year for irrigation purposes.

Food waste

2018-10-25 01:32:52 UTC

• round 1.3 billion tons of food are wasted every year

• This amounts to us$1 trillion dollars of wasted or lost food

Microplastics in the cosmetic industry By Samara and Leah

2018-10-25 01:32:58 UTC

Pollution

2018-10-25 01:33:09 UTC

animal captivity - starr

2018-10-25 01:33:13 UTC

Zoos cannot provide the amount of space animals have in the wild, compared to where these animals natural habit they have less space to do what they are supposed to, being the animals they are. This is particularly the case for those species who roam larger distances in their natural habitat. For example, Tigers and lions have around 18,000 times less space in zoos than they would in the wild. The same with Polar bears but needing more space, have one million times less space.

Deforestation

2018-10-25 01:33:19 UTC

Deforestation comes in many forms, including fires, clear-cutting for agriculture, ranching and development, unsustainable logging for timber, and degradation due to climate change. This impacts people’s livelihoods and threatens a wide range of plant and animal species.

Global warming

stace_declan — 2018-10-25 01:33:19 UTC

According to NASA, because of global warming the Arctic circle reached it’s 6th smallest size in 2018, making the Arctic 4.59 million square kilometres smaller. This has only happened this bad in 2008 & 2010. NASA indicates that in the past decades, increasing temperatures have led to increasing decreases in the Arctic sea ice extent. The shrinking of the Arctic sea ice cover can ultimately affect the planet’s weather patterns and the circulation of the oceans.

Complete Habitat Loss

albufera_john — 2018-10-25 01:33:33 UTC

When a habitat is destroyed the plants, animals, and other organisms that occupied the habitat have a reduced carrying capacity so that populations decline and extinction becomes more likely.

Pollution- Caitlyn

2018-10-25 01:33:39 UTC

Enderley and young people are more effected by pollution. Air pollution effects,crops,animals,forests and bodies of water.

Fish on tost

2018-10-25 01:33:48 UTC

About 88,000 jobs were created in 2015 through the wind power sector.

Air Pollution

davis_ryleigh — 2018-10-25 01:33:53 UTC

More than 3000 Australians die from exposure to air pollution each year. Thousands of others suffer health effects like strokes, heart disease and asthma.

- Ryleigh Davis

Iestyn- Plastic pollution

devenport_iestyn — 2018-10-25 01:33:55 UTC

We use 10 million one use straws every day.

sichimba_angel — 2018-10-25 01:34:15 UTC

The difference between poaching and and hunting is that hunting is legal and poaching isn’t. Poaching is hunting without the approval of whoever controls or own the land

Habitat destruction

2018-10-25 01:34:19 UTC

A research team led by James Watson has stated that half the earths land can be classified are completely converted to humans

Global Warming

LukeRange — 2018-10-25 01:34:44 UTC

The Artic and Antarctic Glaciers will melt completely before 2100 due to the increase in temperature

Riley T

2018-10-25 01:34:48 UTC

Every year around 6.4 Million tonnes ends up in the ocean

What causes water pollution?

2018-10-25 01:35:02 UTC

Human sewage, cattle excrement that is untreated and fertilisers cause water pollution. Human sewage also contains germs that cause diseases such as hepatitis and cholera. The natural chemicals can cause a pollution problem similar to that caused by fertilisers

Climate Change

soberano_zamantha — 2018-10-25 01:35:04 UTC

How will Climate Change affect the planet - for the last 150 years human activity has meant we’re releasing a huge amount of harmful gases into the Earth’s atmosphere, and records show that the global temperatures are rising more rapidly since this time.

Deforestation

wanless_kyle — 2018-10-25 01:35:08 UTC

Forests cover roughly 31% of the earth and are homes to the majority of the endangered animals

Riley T

2018-10-25 01:35:10 UTC

Most of the rubbish that ends up in the ocean is from land resources, sewage and is also dumped deliberately

Poaching (zac)

smilovitis_zachary — 2018-10-25 01:35:14 UTC

More than 4000 tons of lead are released into the environment by hunters

Michael

2018-10-25 01:35:18 UTC

The issue I am focusing on is ways that we can reduce the amount of litter reaching our oceans. This can be achieved by encouraging people to recycle properly, participate in cleanup events, trying to avoid using single use plastics and other tasks like supporting bans on certain products and also encouraging others to take action and notice towards the issue. Like getting them to try and use less single use plastic items for their food. Also presenting the issue to higher profile people may help towards the issue due to their popularity to help raise awareness and their influence to help take action

Deforestation Ben

mcdonnell_ben — 2018-10-25 01:35:24 UTC

Deforestation clears animals habitats and a change in climate the removal of trees and other types of vegetation reduces available food, shelter and breeding habitat for animals. Trees play a vital role in our climate, because forest store a large amount of the worlds carbon dioxide when forest trees are burned the carbon they were storing gets released into the atmosphere.

Riley T

2018-10-25 01:35:52 UTC

There are 0-10 pieces of debris per Square KM

Water pollution-matthew

2018-10-25 01:35:57 UTC

Water pollution occurs when harmful substances often chemicals or microorganisms contaminate a stream, river, lake, ocean, or other body of water, degrading water quality and making it toxic to humans or the environment.

Microplastics now contaminate our skies.

hcc_noahvella — 2018-10-25 01:36:05 UTC

A recent study discover thousands of insects with microplastics inside of them.

Source: The Guardian

World hunger

mcloughlin_ava — 2018-10-25 01:36:05 UTC

Australian throw out $8 billion worth of edible food every year.

Acid Rain

adrain_conor — 2018-10-25 01:36:50 UTC

Flue-gas desulfurization is a set of technologies used to remove sulfur dioxide from exhaust flue gases of fossil-fuel power plants, and from the emissions of other sulfur oxide emitting processes (e.g trash incineration)

Overfishing

2018-10-25 01:36:51 UTC

More than 30% of the worlds fisheries have pushed the limit of fish. it’s in need of strict rules to restore the ocean

animal testing

2018-10-25 01:36:56 UTC

100 million animals die each day from animal testing

Intensive Farming

2018-10-25 01:37:06 UTC

Int

Water pollution

2018-10-25 01:37:10 UTC

Plastic is the most pollution in the ocean following by metals and cardboard

Poaching

packer_aiden — 2018-10-25 01:37:36 UTC

Poaching is when animals are killed illegally, usually occurs when animals have special parts on them like rhino horns.

Pollution in our oceans - Ethan.A

2018-10-25 01:38:05 UTC

Although marine pollution has a long history, significant international laws to counter it were only enacted in the twentieth century. Marine pollution was a concern during several United Nations Conventions on the Law of the Sea beginning in the 1950s. Most scientists believed that the oceans were so vast that they had unlimited ability to dilute.

Poaching

mayawa_jonathan — 2018-10-25 01:38:12 UTC

Tribal hunters can become poachers if the government takes their land.

Nic

2018-10-25 01:38:15 UTC

Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies, usually as a result of human activities. Water bodies include for example lakes, rivers, oceans, aquifers and groundwater. Water pollution results when contaminants are introduced into the natural environment.

Deforestation

wanless_kyle — 2018-10-25 01:38:25 UTC

Around 80% of all deforestation is due to agriculture. Whilst forests are being destroyed, they begin to emit carbon dioxide which makes up roughly 11% of global greenhouse gas emissions.

Air pollution

hutson_jonais — 2018-10-25 01:38:50 UTC

Almost all deaths are linked to air pollution and occur in low-income countries.

Parts of Africa, Eastern Europe, India and China have alot of air pollution.

More than 1 million air pollution-related deaths occurred in China.

Air Pollution

davis_ryleigh — 2018-10-25 01:39:05 UTC

When air quality declines, it can have a massive impact on visibility for cars, planes and ships, which causes a real safety issue for everyone. In addition, poor air quality has been linked to respiratory illnesses and cardiovascular disease.

- Ryleigh Davis

Over fishing

2018-10-25 01:39:18 UTC

it can be countered by reducing fishing mortality to lower levels and increasing the average size of harvested fish to a size that will allow maximum yield per recruit.

Animal Testing- Ellie

2018-10-25 01:39:19 UTC

- Over 115 million Anita’s are killed globally each year in laboratory experiments
- Many cosmetic tests commonly performed on mice, rats, rabbits and guinea pigs include: skin and eye irritation tests where chemicals are rubbed on shaved skin or gripped into the eyes without pain relief
- 78% of cosmetics are tested on animals

Water pollution

2018-10-25 01:39:35 UTC

Why do we still use plastic?

durham_chloe — 2018-10-25 01:39:41 UTC

Some people are still unaware of the harm plastic does to the environment. Others are convinced by advertising that plastic is biodegradable and will not harm the environment. Some plastics are biodegradable but they only keep getting smaller and smaller and still harm the environment.

animal abuse

2018-10-25 01:39:45 UTC

Florida ranked highest in animal cruelty

What causes water pollution?

2018-10-25 01:39:59 UTC

Acid Rain

adrain_conor — 2018-10-25 01:40:04 UTC

Acid rain is caused by a chemical reaction that begins when compounds like sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides are released into the air. These substances can rise very high into the atmosphere, where they mix and react with water, oxygen, and other chemicals to form more acidic pollutants, known as acid rain.

Researchers find 11% more plastic in the great pacific oceans than previously thought.

hcc_noahvella — 2018-10-25 01:40:10 UTC

They also recovered thousands of branded water bottle in the patch.

Source: One Green Planet

What is global warming

stace_declan — 2018-10-25 01:40:20 UTC

Global warming involves a lot of things such as Glaciers melting, sea levels rising, cloud forests dying, and wildlife scrambling to adapt. It's becoming clear that humans have caused most of the past century's warming by releasing heat-trapping gases as we power our modern lives. Called greenhouse gases, their levels are higher now than in the last 650,000 years.

How can we stop animal Captivity

2018-10-25 01:40:28 UTC

Australia has an alarming rate of extinction, with the worst mammal extinction record in the world.

Overfishing

2018-10-25 01:40:46 UTC

Today, each person eats on average 19.2kg of fish a year – around twice as much as 50 years ago
all the overifshing is mine

Patrick

fanning_patrick — 2018-10-25 01:40:54 UTC

Thousands of greyhounds from the racetracks die each Year to selective breeding, most greyhounds don’t even make it to the race track and even if they do they rarely even reach the age of 4 or 5.

Micro plastic

mcdonald_mitchell1 — 2018-10-25 01:41:34 UTC

Using enzymes and plankton to collect and even destroy some micro plastic

Habitat loss- Bailey

2018-10-25 01:41:37 UTC

Habitat is where animals or plants lives.
When we clear away trees or plants to make room for building cities, homes, roads, and highways causes habitat loss

Global Warming

LukeRange — 2018-10-25 01:41:50 UTC

The ocean levels have raised by 20 or so centermitres in the past century. It is rising even faster now due to the glaciers melting faster.

Water waste

mckeown_hannah — 2018-10-25 01:42:09 UTC

1 in 6 people don’t have access to water sanitation. The average American uses 2,000 gallons of water a day, on the other hand, The average African family uses 5 gallons of water a day.

Animal Captivity

ford_georgia — 2018-10-25 01:42:29 UTC

African elephants in the wild live more than three times as long as those kept in zoos

Habitat loss

2018-10-25 01:42:45 UTC

Habitat is where animals or plants lives.
When we clear away trees or plants to make room for building cities, homes, roads, and highways causes habitat loss

Water pollution

2018-10-25 01:42:49 UTC

This widespread problem of water pollution is jeopardizing our health. Unsafe water kills more people each year than war and all other forms of violence combined.

Poaching

dzidek_jayden — 2018-10-25 01:43:03 UTC

Many countries believe that the rhino horn is an important ingredient for many medicines. This is false. Rhino horn has the same medicinal effect as chewing on your fingernails aka none.

Air pollution

hutson_jonais — 2018-10-25 01:43:08 UTC

Almost all deaths are linked to low income countries.

Parts of Africa, Eastern Europe, India and China have alot of Air pollution

deforestation - ivana

2018-10-25 01:43:15 UTC

Deforestation can have a negative impact on the environment. The most dramatic impact is a loss of habitat for millions of species. Eighty percent of Earth's land animals and plants live in forests, and many cannot survive the deforestation that destroys their homes. Deforestation also drives climate change.

Deforestation

johnston_jorja — 2018-10-25 01:43:19 UTC

• Animals might die as their habitat is destroyed, and face competition for food, water and other resources as they're forced to migrate to neighboring regions.

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2018-10-25 01:44:03 UTC

Smog hanging over cities is the most familiar and obvious form of air pollution. But there are different kinds of pollution, some visible, some invisible that all contribute to global warming. Generally any substance that people introduce into the atmosphere that has damaging effects on living things and the environment is considered air pollution.

Plastic usage/Plastic in oceans

2018-10-25 01:44:04 UTC

Over the last ten years, we have produced more plastic than during the whole of the last century!

Air Pollution

davis_ryleigh — 2018-10-25 01:44:31 UTC

Most of this air pollution we cause results from the burning of fossil fuels, such as coal, oil, natural gas, and gasoline to produce electricity and power our vehicles. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a good indicator of how much fossil fuel is burned and how much of other pollutants are emitted as a result.

- Ryleigh Davis

Deforestation

johnston_jorja — 2018-10-25 01:44:52 UTC

• Rainforests contain about 50% of the worlds wildlife population which is about 50,000 species, and 100 species are 🤬 due to deforestation

Pollution in our oceans - Ethan.A

2018-10-25 01:44:56 UTC

Plastic debris can absorb toxic chemicals from ocean pollution, therefore poisoning whatever eats it. In fact, plastic pollution is one of the most serious threats to the ocean. Plastic does not degrade; instead, it breaks down into progressively smaller pieces, but never disappears. They then attract more debris. It poses a significant health threat to the various sea creatures, and to the entire marine ecosystem. Overall, plastic is the number one source of pollution in the ocean

Kyle

2018-10-25 01:45:06 UTC

Water pollution, the release of substances into subsurface groundwater or into lakes, streams, rivers, estuaries, and oceans to the point where the substances interfere with beneficial use of the wateror with the natural functioning of ecosystems. In addition to the release of substances, such as chemicals or microorganisms, water pollution may also include the release of energy, in the form of radioactivity or heat, into bodies of water.

Ethan

2018-10-25 01:45:11 UTC

Countries have worked together to reduce levels sulfur dioxide, smog, and smoke in order to improve people's health. In results, lower sulfur dioxide levels may actually make global warming worse. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/pollution/?user.testname=none

Plastic in the oceans (cooper)

davey_cooper — 2018-10-25 01:45:13 UTC

The amount of plastic in the ocean is set to increase tenfold by 2020

By 2050 there will be more plastic in the oceans than there are fish (by weight)

Plastic is found in the ocean as far as 11km deep, meaning synthetic fibers have contaminated even the most remote places on Earth

Many marine organisms can’t distinguish common plastic items from food. Animals who eat plastic often starve because they can’t digest the plastic and it fills their stomachs, preventing them from eating real food

The likelihood of coral becoming diseased increases from 4% to 89% after coming in contact with marine plastic. It also damages the skin of coral, allowing infection[9]. Coral reefs are home to more than 25% of marine life.

Deforestation locations

2018-10-25 01:45:35 UTC

tropical rainforests are particularly targeted. If current deforestation levels proceed, the world's rainforests may completely vanish in as little as 100 years,Countries with significant deforestation includeBrazil, Indonesia, Thailand, the Democratic Republic of Congo and other parts of Africa

Food waste - Ava Caulfield

caulfield_ava — 2018-10-25 01:45:38 UTC

- Over 1/3 of all food produced globally goes to waste.
- The annual value of food wasted globally is $1 trillion and it weighs 1.3 billion tonnes.
- The worlds (nearly one billion) hungry people could be fed on less than a quarter of the food that is wasted in the US,UK and Europe.
- 8% of greenhouse gases heating the planet are caused by food waste

Poaching

dzidek_jayden — 2018-10-25 01:46:22 UTC

At the beginning of the 20th century there were a few million African elephants and approximately 100,000 Asian elephants. Today elephants are now considered endangered, there are about 450,000-700,000 African elephants and 35,000-40,000 Asian elephants.

Deforestation - Angus

2018-10-25 01:46:26 UTC

Deforestation affects water cycle. Trees absorb groundwater and release the same into the atmosphere during transpiration. When deforestation happens, the climate automatically changes to a drier one and also affects the water table.

Poaching

smilovitis_zachary — 2018-10-25 01:46:50 UTC

More than 100 million animals are reported killed by hunters in the United States each year. That number does not include the millions of animals for whic are not maintained by state wildlife agencies.

Animal Captivity

ford_georgia — 2018-10-25 01:47:00 UTC

African elephants in the Sloven

Animal testing on beauty products

polodna_paige — 2018-10-25 01:47:00 UTC

Australian government made a bill to make animal testing on beauty products illegal, however this bill did not pass parliament and testing on animals, including buying products from over seas that have been tested on animals is still allowed in Australia

Plastic

2018-10-25 01:47:52 UTC

Since the 1950s, around 8.3 billion tons of plastic have been produced worldwide. (8.3 billion tons of plastic have been produced since the 1950s)

Deforestation

johnston_jorja — 2018-10-25 01:48:05 UTC

• Deforestation is one of the leading causes of climate change and species extinction

Global Warming

LukeRange — 2018-10-25 01:48:13 UTC

The Earth’s ocean and gotten higher in temperature in the past century. 700m down has gotten hotter in temperature and is still rising

How much pollution is found in the ocean?

2018-10-25 01:48:13 UTC

14 billion pounds of garbage into the ocean. Over 1 million seabirds and 100,000 sea mammals are killed by pollution every year.

Plastic

2018-10-25 01:48:27 UTC

A million plastic bottles are bought around the world every minute. (another 20% by 2021, creating an environmental crisis some campaigners predict will be as serious as climate change.)
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Plastic

2018-10-25 01:49:06 UTC

73% of beach litter worldwide is plastic. (The litter includes filters from cigarette butts, bottles, bottle caps, food wrappers, grocery bags, and polystyrene containers)

Animal

makani_ephraim — 2018-10-25 01:49:33 UTC

Over 56 billion farmed animals are killed every year

animal captivity

2018-10-25 01:49:56 UTC

• Even under the best of circumstances at the best of zoos, captivity cannot begin to replicate wild animals’ habitats. Animals are often prevented from doing most of the things that are natural and important to them, like running, roaming, flying, climbing, foraging, choosing a partner, and being with others of their own kind.

Mircoplastics in the cosmetic inderstys By Samara and Leah

2018-10-25 01:50:02 UTC

Iestyn- Plastic pollution

2018-10-25 01:50:33 UTC

• Some beaches are so heavily impacted to the point where turtles can’t dig their nests in the sand from the plastic

Air pollution

2018-10-25 01:50:36 UTC

Microplastics

pascoe_samuel — 2018-10-25 01:50:42 UTC

Microbeads are tiny plastic pellets used in personal care, cosmetic and household cleaning products.

Marine litter is ingested species throughout the food chain. This means when we eat seafood we are consuming Microplastics.

Microplastics are also made by from larger plastics breaking down.

Poaching

packer_aiden — 2018-10-25 01:50:48 UTC

In 2012, 668 rhinos were poached in South Africa. In January 2013 there were 946 rhinos poached, the rhinos were being poached at a rate of 2 per day.

Global warming

stace_declan — 2018-10-25 01:51:03 UTC

The atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide have increased to levels unprecedented in at least the last 800,000 years. Carbon dioxide concentrations have increased by 40% since pre-industrial times, primarily from fossil fuel emissions. The ocean has absorbed about 30% of the emitted carbon dioxide, causing ocean acidification which is steadily impacting ocean life as well. Future global climate change indicates that continued emissions of greenhouse gases will cause further warming and changes in all components of the climate system. Limiting climate change will require substantial and sustained reductions of greenhouse gas emissions

Over fishing, Leah

2018-10-25 01:51:34 UTC

Fisheries management is very complicated, across national and international jurisdictions, and often out of sight in the deep sea. Scientists and marine biologists are working with some of the best minds in ocean conservation to protect the oceans and to restore fish stocks because there are not plenty more fish in the sea and soon there will be none.

Air pil

2018-10-25 01:52:03 UTC

Waste

2018-10-25 01:52:08 UTC

When we trash food, plastic, paper and everything else, it must go somewhere, right? But often that somewhere is a place we we choose not to think about. The true story is that somewhere is actually everywhere: this is the story of how our our trash affects the whole planet.

Global warming- greenhouse gases

sanyika_miriro — 2018-10-25 01:52:17 UTC

There are lots of causes and factors that contribute to climate change/ global warming etc. Gases released primarily by the burning of fossil fuels and the tiny particles produced by incomplete burning trap the sun’s energy in the atmosphere. Scientists call these gases “greenhouse gases” (GHGs) because they act like the wrong way reflective glass in our global greenhouse.

FACT:

Scientists date the beginning of the current warming trend to the end of the 18th or beginning of the 19th century when coal first came into common use.

2018-10-25 01:52:26 UTC

Habitat destruction

2018-10-25 01:52:43 UTC

As apart of the study between 1993 to 2009 the study showed that habitat loss in 10% or more took place in 91 eco regions

Why do people still use plastic?

durham_chloe — 2018-10-25 01:53:29 UTC

Plastic lasts forever – every bit of plastic ever made is still out there somewhere, and it can take thousands of years to degrade down into smaller particles. Most plastics (including plastic bags) can be recycled, but there’s so much plastic to go around, and a surprisingly small quantity is actually recycled. Some plastics, like plastic bags, are light and can be carried by the wind to far distances, like the ocean and water ways.

Air pollution

tap_nhial — 2018-10-25 01:53:33 UTC

Deaths caused by air pollution cost the European Union €161 billion

Water pollution-matthew

2018-10-25 01:54:25 UTC

When water is poisoned, many animals die. Six months after the 2010 BP oil spill, which affected 16,000 miles of U.S. coastline, over 8,000 animals were reported dead. Animals are also often injured or killed by the contaminated water

Deforestation Ben

mcdonnell_ben — 2018-10-25 01:54:26 UTC

The most affected regions include the Amazon Rainforest, Sumatran Jungles, and forests of British Columbia the Amazon is being cleared for more land and farming at a rate of 20,000 square miles per year. Sumatran Rainforest are being destroyed and replaced by massive palm plantations to help feed human obsession with palm oil.

Plastic in the ocean

davey_cooper — 2018-10-25 01:54:49 UTC

Plastic bags and micro plastic in particular are mistaken for jellyfish and fish eggs which are not a tasty diet for the animals that eat them. What’s more is what’s in Australian seabirds, with a shocking study revealing 90-100% of Flesh-footed Shearwater chicks on Lord Howe island contain plastic! In 2011, one chick was found to have more than 275 pieces of plastic in its stomach (that’s the equivalent to an average human ingesting 10kg of plastic)!

More than 268,940 tonnes of litter is estimated to be floating in the Earth’s oceans – that’s the incredible weight of over 1,300 Blue Whales! 80% of this plastic on our coast and in our waters, is being generated from land. Litter is often lost or blown from inland, comes through stormwater drains or thoughtlessly dropped.

Food waste

caulfield_ava — 2018-10-25 01:54:50 UTC

The Government estimates food waste costs the Australian economy $20 billion each year.

Micro plastic

mcdonald_mitchell1 — 2018-10-25 01:55:31 UTC

There are two type of Mirco plastic Primary plastic and secondary plastic . Primary plastic are plastic that are made to be small 5mm or less like shampoo and toothpaste. Secondary plastic are plastic that degrat from bigger plastic like clothing or plastic bo

sichimba_angel — 2018-10-25 01:55:37 UTC

Poaching is a deadly crime against wildlife. Wildlife officials say that legal hunters 🤬 tens of millions of animals every year.

World hunger

mcloughlin_ava — 2018-10-25 01:55:50 UTC

found people aged 18 to 24 and households with incomes over $100,000 throw away the most food. The two main reasons for the waste were food being left in the fridge or freezer too long and people not finishing their meals.

Air pollution

tap_nhial — 2018-10-25 01:57:00 UTC

Air pollution in India is estimated to cause 527, 700 deaths every year

Deforestation

2018-10-25 01:57:10 UTC

By 2050, the global demand for food could increase.

- Lia

World hunger

mcloughlin_ava — 2018-10-25 01:57:33 UTC

Most food that gets thrown away is fresh food that people didn’t end up using

Habitat loss - Bailey

2018-10-25 01:58:05 UTC

• The rate of deforestation is 160,000 square kilometers per year, which is equal to 1% of forest habitat each year.

Water pollution- kate

2018-10-25 01:58:07 UTC

Some countries have extreme cases of pollution. Some countries around the area of Asia like South Korea and China. The reason they have such bad pollution is because they are a very industrial country and so their materials go out to the ocean which causes pollution

Water waste

mckeown_hannah — 2018-10-25 01:58:31 UTC

Average daily water use is as little as 100 litres per person. In some coastal areas more than 800 litres per person. The current average daily water use is 340 litres per person, or 900 litres per household.

Poaching

bailey_jordan — 2018-10-25 01:58:36 UTC

• There are fewer than 7000 African wild dogs left in the world, and only about 400 in South Africa. In Somkhanda, dogs are injured by snares left by local poachers to trap antelope or wildebeest

Microplastics in the cosmetic inderstys by Samara and Leah

2018-10-25 01:58:40 UTC

Air pollution

nicolemont — 2018-10-25 01:59:28 UTC

For example, the release of methyl isocyanate gas at Union Carbide plant in Bhopal in 1984 killed over 2,000 people, and over 200,000 suffered respiratory problems

Air pollution

tap_nhial — 2018-10-25 01:59:35 UTC

Air pollution that causes smog affects dolphins and makes them suffer from black lung diseases.

animal captivity

2018-10-25 01:59:57 UTC

• Zoos teach people that it is acceptable to interfere with animals and keep them locked up in captivity, where they are bored, cramped, lonely, deprived of all control over their lives, and far from their natural homes.

Deforestation causes

2018-10-25 02:00:29 UTC

There are many causes of deforestation half of the trees that are cut down are used as fuel but there are also other reasons why people cut down trees

To make more land available for housing and urbanization
To harvest timber to create commercial items such as paper, furniture and homes
To create ingredients that are highly prized consumer items, such as the oil from palm trees
To create room for cattle ranching

Food in household bins

2018-10-25 02:00:39 UTC

When food ends up in landfill, it rots in the absence of oxygen and produces methane, a greenhouse gas that is 25 times stronger than carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere.

Food waste

caulfield_ava — 2018-10-25 02:02:47 UTC

- Over 5 million tonnes of food ends up as landfill, enough to fill 9,000 Olympic sized swimming pools.
- Australians throw out 8 million worth of edible foods each year
THE DIFFERENT THPES OF FOODS WE WASTE IN Australia
- fresh produce ( 33% )
- leftovers ( 28% )
- products that can be packaged ( 15% )
- drinks ( 9% )
- frozen food items ( 9% )
- takeaway food ( 7% )

Food waste

2018-10-25 02:03:14 UTC

• all the world nearly one billion hungry people could be fed on less than a quarter of the food that is wasted in the us, uk and Europe.
• If food wasted were a country it would be the 3rd largest emitter of greenhouse gases ( after China & the USA)
•over 1/3 of all food products globally goes to waste.
•in most developed countries over half of all food waste take place in the home

Animal cruelty

makani_ephraim — 2018-10-25 02:03:16 UTC

In 2014, the crucial elements of the Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act were signed into law as part of the Farm Bill. This provision makes attending an animal fight anywhere in the U.S. a federal offense, and imposes additional penalties for bringing a child under 16 to an animal fight.

Poaching

smilovitis_zachary — 2018-10-25 02:03:40 UTC

Rhinoceroses, like elephants, suffer the misfortune of having an external protrusion that humans arbitrarily place a crazily high value upon. Crazy, crazyhigh: rhino horn was reported to be selling for $65,000 per kilo in 2012, making it more expensive by weight than gold, diamonds

Water pollution- kat

2018-10-25 02:04:15 UTC

The materials that are found the most are plasticmfollowed by cardboard and metals

Air pollution

hutson_jonais — 2018-10-25 02:04:35 UTC

China’s air pollution is so extreme that in 2015 researches estimated it contributed to 1.6 million deaths per year in the country.

Over fishing Leah

2018-10-25 02:06:15 UTC

Overfishing continues because our precious marine resources are poorly managed. Current regulations are not strong enough to limit fishing to sustainable levels and even where laws do exist, they are inadequately enforced.

Poaching

packer_aiden — 2018-10-25 02:08:20 UTC

At the beginning of the 20th century there were a few million African elephants and approximately 100 000 Asian elephants. elephants are now considered endangered, there are about 450 000 - 700 000 African elephants and 35 000 - 40 000 Asian elephants.

Deforestations impact on the investment

rogers_mia — 2018-10-25 02:08:44 UTC

Deforestation has a very negative impact on the environment. The most dramatic impact is a loss of habitat for millions of species such as birds, squirrels, monkeys, bears and snakes/lizards. 80% of Earth’s land animals and plants live in forests and many cannot survive the deforestation that destroys their homes.

Deforestation

2018-10-25 02:09:18 UTC

Deforestation is the removal of trees in the wilderness and the mass production of industrial wood.
A way to stop this would be to create A tree farm or bye local farms and plat trees on the land.

Habitat loss

2018-10-25 02:09:32 UTC

Animal Testing- Ellie

2018-10-25 02:09:48 UTC

- 95% of 🤬 passed by animal tests are immedia discarded as useless or dangerous to humans
- Torture is legal when it comes to animal testing
- What can you do to stop animal Testing: contact chemical laboratories

Deforestation Ben

mcdonnell_ben — 2018-10-25 02:09:51 UTC

Animals are the most effected by deforestation it doesn’t matter if they in rivers, oceans, forests, mountains, or skies. The most affected groups of animals are those who are native to a specific area or ecosystem that are close to a forest. When deforestation happens these animals and plants species are unable to move or adapt to a new region mostly to them to become extinct

Poaching

Jackgiblin — 2018-10-25 02:09:57 UTC

What drives poachers is purely for financial gain. A single rhino horn can go for $300k so you can see how profitable the industry can be.

Iestyn- Plastic pollution

2018-10-25 02:10:19 UTC

• Because everything is made of plastic for convenience tons of plastic is dumped in the ground and the ocean everyday.

Habitat Destruction

2018-10-25 02:10:31 UTC

Habitat loss is the main threat to 85% of species.

Animal Cruelty

briggs_casey — 2018-10-25 02:12:00 UTC

• Dogs and cats of all shapes and sizes, many of them family pets still wearing their collars, are snatched from the streets and forced into tiny cages.

• Many suffer From broken limbs as they are transported vast distances, without food or water, to meat markets.

• The tortuous transport and inhumane slaughter methods suffered by each and every one of these innocent dogs and cats is some of the most extreme animal abuse in Asia.

Poaching

mayawa_jonathan — 2018-10-25 02:12:14 UTC

When adult females are killed, the babies can be sold, and the skulls of the dead may be used to create souvenirs that are sold illegally throughout Kalimantan. (A part of Indonesia)

Water waste

mckeown_hannah — 2018-10-25 02:12:37 UTC

The shower is typically the biggest water user (34% of indoor water use in the average Australian home), followed by the toilet (26%) and laundry (23%).

2018-10-25 02:12:48 UTC

4. Up to 90% of animals used in U.S. labs are not counted in the official statistics of animals tested. Take a stand by kidnapping your friends’ products that were tested on animals (seriously!). Sign up for Kidnapped Cosmetics.

Toilets

pach_bernaba — 2018-10-25 02:13:36 UTC

When you flush a toilet you have just used 12 litres of water. This is only 19% of the water used in a home 35% of water used in a home is used for watering gardens. On average a garden sprinkler uses up to 1000 litres of water per hour

2018-10-25 02:13:43 UTC

5. Europe, the world’s largest cosmetic market, Israel and India have already banned animal testing for cosmetics, and the sale or import of newly animal-tested beauty products.

Plastic usage/Plastic in oceans

2018-10-25 02:14:00 UTC

100,000 marine creatures a year die from plastic entanglement and these are the ones found.

Overfishing

2018-10-25 02:14:05 UTC

Several tuna species are in peril. Bluefin are critically endangered with just 2% of their 1950 biomass left, bigeye recently fell below the 20% level necessary for replacement, and yellowfin are also down more than 70%.

Deforestation Ben

mcdonnell_ben — 2018-10-25 02:14:10 UTC

10 species that have become extinct due to deforestation. Deforestation affected an estimated 13 million species, these are the following 10 species that have become extinct due to deforestation St Helena Redwood, Hawaiian Crow, Flabellidium Spinosum ,Lachanodes Arborea, Pygmy Raccoon, Carpoxylon Palm, Darwin’s Fox, Amani Flatwing and the Hinton’s oak

Plastic - Riley Keating

2018-10-25 02:14:47 UTC

It takes 500-1,000 years for plastic to degrade.
Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences in the oceans making up about 40 percent of the world's ocean surfaces. 80 percent of pollution enters the ocean from the land.
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is located in the North Pacific Gyre off the coast of California and is the largest ocean garbage site in the world. This floating mass of plastic is twice the size of Texas, with plastic pieces outnumbering sea life six to one.
Plastic constitutes approximately 90 percent of all trash floating on the ocean's surface, with 46,000 pieces of plastic per square mile.

Animal Testing Facts

kade_regina — 2018-10-25 02:14:49 UTC

1. Over 100 million animals are burned, crippled, poisoned, and abused in US labs every year.
2.According to the Humane Society, registration of a single pesticide requires more than 50 experiments and the use of as many as 12,000 animals.
3. Several cosmetic tests commonly performed on mice, rats, rabbits, and guinea pigs include: skin and eye irritation tests where chemicals are rubbed on shaved skin or dripped into the eyes without any pain relief.

Plastic - Riley Keating

2018-10-25 02:15:34 UTC

One million sea birds and 100,000 marine mammals are killed annually from plastic in our oceans.
44 percent of all seabird species, 22 percent of cetaceans, all sea turtle species and a growing list of fish species have been documented with plastic in or around their bodies.
In samples collected in Lake Erie, 85 percent of the plastic particles were smaller than two-tenths of an inch, and much of that was microscopic. Researchers found 1,500 and 1.7 million of these particles per square mile.
Virtually every piece of plastic that was ever made still exists in some shape or form (with the exception of the small amount that has been incinerated).

Fossil fuels, petrol, oil-Neil Schutte

2018-10-25 02:16:13 UTC

Fossil fuels are a non-renewable resource and causes pollution. This is because when fossil fuels are burned it realises carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. This is also the case with petrol, the non renewable resource most cars use today. The petrol is used isn’t eh car and releases carbon dioxide and smoke at the pipe at the back of the car. Oil is also a non renewable resource and also causes pollution.

Food waste

2018-10-25 02:16:35 UTC

Australian households throw out more than $5 billion of edible food each year. This is more than Australians spend on digital equipment and more than it costs to run the Australian Army.

•About half of all municipal waste is comprised of organic material, most of which is household waste.

•The decomposition of organic waste is the main source of greenhouse gas emissions from landfill.

Kyle

2018-10-25 02:18:37 UTC

Water pollution happens when toxic substances enter water bodies such as lakes, rivers, oceans and so on, getting dissolved in them, lying suspended in the water or depositing on the bed. This degrades the quality of water.

Not only does this spell disaster for aquatic ecosystems, the pollutants also seep through and reach the groundwater, which might end up in our households as contaminated water we use in our daily activities, including drinking.

Deforestation

2018-10-25 02:19:01 UTC

Deforestation occurs around the world though tropical rainforests are particularly targeted. If

Food waste in household bins

oconnor_zy — 2018-10-25 02:21:37 UTC

In 2009-10, there were more than 187 food scrap and garden cutting processing facilities in Australia, handling around 211,000 tonnes of food scraps

Poaching

bailey_jordan — 2018-10-25 02:22:25 UTC

• World wildlife fund (also known as WWF) started an organisation in 1997 called African Rhino Program, there were 8,466 white rhinos and 2,599 critically endangered black rhinos remaining in the wild. Today, there are around 17,500 white rhinos and more than 4,000 black rhinos.

Deforestation

wanless_kyle — 2018-10-25 02:23:15 UTC

A lot of farming is harming the re-growth of bigger forests. While farmers bring their cattle and other animals, they start to walk on and trample (the animals, not the farmers) whatever trees where trying to grow, from people who have tried to re plant the forest

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2018-10-25 02:23:21 UTC

Most air pollution comes from energy use and production says John Walke, director of the Clean Air Project, part of the Climate and Clean Air program at NRDC. “Burning fossil fuels releases gases and chemicals into the air.” And in an especially destructive feedback loop, air pollution not only contributes to climate change but is also exacerbated by it.

Animal Testing

kade_regina — 2018-10-25 02:23:28 UTC

What is animal testing?

An animal test is any scientific experiment or test in which a live animal is forced to undergo something that is likely to cause them pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm.
Animals used in laboratories are deliberately harmed, not for their own good, and are usually killed at the end of the experiment.
Animals experiments include: -injecting or force feeding animals with potentially harmful substances

-exposing animals to radiation

-surgically removing animals’ organs or tissues to deliberately cause damage

-forcing animals to inhale toxic gases

-subjecting animals to frightening situations to create anxiety and depression.

Poaching

bailey_jordan — 2018-10-25 02:23:50 UTC

• Poaching is the greatest current threat to tigers, rhinos, elephants, gorillas and other African and Asian species. Tigers and rhinos are particularly vulnerable, their body parts being prized in traditional Asian medicine

Deforestation-Neil Schutte

2018-10-25 02:24:25 UTC

Deforestation is when trees are cut down to use the wood or make space for new buildings. Deforestation makes global warming worse because trees uses carbon dioxide to live and releases oxygen into the atmosphere.

Ethan

2018-10-25 02:24:35 UTC

Air pollution occurs when the air contains substances that can affect or even cause harm to humans, animals or the wider environment. https://healthywa.wa.gov.au/Articles/A_E/Air-pollution-and-health

Pollution in our oceans - Ethan.A

2018-10-25 02:25:15 UTC

Oil is the fastest source of deterioration to the ocean, being far more harmful than trash and waste. However, only a small percentage of oil (around 12%) dumped in the ocean comes as a result of actual oil spills. Most oil causing harm in the ocean is a result of drainage from land. Oil spills suffocate marine life to death, and leads to behavioral changes and a breakdown in thermal insulation to those that do survive. It essentially changes the entire ecosystem of an affected area, such as a long coastline or deep ocean.

Patrick

fanning_patrick — 2018-10-25 02:25:16 UTC

Due to genetic manipulation, 90% of broiler chickens (chicken bred specifically for meat production) have trouble walking. Encourage your school cafeteria to go meatless on Mondays to protest

Animal Cruelty

briggs_casey — 2018-10-25 02:25:44 UTC

It is not unusual to see captive wild animals in Asia's zoos in small barren cages, with no environmental enrichment, and inappropriate groupings - such as sociable pack animals housed alone.

Many wild animals, such as elephants, live their lives in chains, unable to display any natural roaming behaviours, or move beyond a few metres.

In many zoos and safari parks in Asia, terrified cows, donkeys, pigs, and chickens dropped into the enclosures of starving lions and tigers as live prey, for the entertainment of crowds.

Patrick

fanning_patrick — 2018-10-25 02:25:56 UTC

Dogfighting became prevalent in the US after the Civil War, with professional pits proliferating in the 1860s. And was a source of entertainment for police officers and firemen.

Animal Cruelty

kade_regina — 2018-10-25 02:26:02 UTC

Why is it done?

Animal testing is done to:

1. advance scientific understanding

2. As models to study diseases:

Humans and animals share hundreds of illnesses. By studying certain animals we can learn how disease affects the body and how the immune system responds, who will be affected and much more

3. To develop and test forms of treatment

Data from animal studies is essential before new therapeutic techniques and surgical procedures can be tested on human patients.

4. To protect the safety of people, animals and the environment

The animal tests provide data on efficacy and safety. They not only identify potential safety concerns, but also determine the doses which will be given to volunteers and patients during the first human trials.

Patrick

fanning_patrick — 2018-10-25 02:26:33 UTC

Today dogfighting has been reported in urban, suburban, and rural settings in all regions of the country.

Pollution in our oceans - Ethan.A

2018-10-25 02:28:47 UTC

As 70% of the earth is covered with water, people actually assumed that all pollutants would be diluted and get disappeared. But in reality, they have not disappeared and their effects can be easily seen as they have entered the food chain.Until 1970’s, the chemicals and garbage was deliberately dumped into the oceans and became as common practice for disposing everything including pesticides and radioactive waste, assuming that it would get dissolved to safe levels

Over fishing Leah f

2018-10-25 02:29:17 UTC

Several important commercial fish populations (such as Atlantic bluefin tuna) have declined to the point where their survival as a species is threatened.
Target fishing of top predators, such as tuna and groupers, is changing marine communities, which lead to an abundance of smaller marine species, such as sardines and anchovies.
The marine food chain will be destroyed if all the high predator fish are gone.

Animal Testing- Ellie

2018-10-25 02:34:04 UTC

- The Uk is the biggest reported user of animals with 3.9 billion experiments in 2014
Brands that don’t test on animals:
- Lush
- Urban Decay
- Too faced
- Morphe

World hunger - Paige Yeatman

2018-10-25 02:34:41 UTC

hunger.
Natural disasters such as floods, tropical storms and droughts
One third of all food produced (1.3 billion tons) is never consumed. This food wastage represents a missed opportunity to improve global food security in a world where one in 8 is hungry.
Producing this food also uses up precious natural resources that we need to feed the planet. Each year, food that is produced but not eaten guzzles up a volume of water equivalent to the annual flow of Russia's Volga River.hunger.
Natural disasters such as floods, tropical storms and droughts
One third of all food produced (1.3 billion tons) is never consumed. This food wastage represents a missed opportunity to improve global food security in a world where one in 8 is hungry.
Producing this food also uses up precious natural resources that we need to feed the planet. Each year, food that is produced but not eaten guzzles up a volume of water equivalent to the annual flow of Russia's Volga River.

Poaching

Jackgiblin — 2018-10-25 02:37:00 UTC

Air pollution- Caitlyn

2018-10-25 02:39:20 UTC

Causes of air pollution consist of the following
- burning of fossil fuels
- agricultural activities
- exhaust from factories and industries
- mining operations
- indoor air pollution

Deforestation

2018-10-25 02:43:04 UTC

11% of global greenhouse gases caused by humans is often blamed on deforestation.

- Lia

Pollution

soberano_zamantha — 2018-10-25 02:44:43 UTC

People who live in places with high levels of air pollutants have a 20% higher risk of death from lung cancer than people who live in less-polluted areas.

Pollution

soberano_zamantha — 2018-10-25 02:45:51 UTC

The Mississippi River carries an estimated 1.5 million metric tons of nitrogen pollution into the Gulf of Mexico each year, creating a “dead zone” in the Gulf each summer about the size of New Jersey.

Air pollution

nicolemont — 2018-10-25 03:16:16 UTC

If too many gases are introduced into the atmosphere, though, more heat is trapped and this can make the planet artificially warm, according to Columbia University.

Air pollution

nicolemont — 2018-10-25 03:18:54 UTC

two are the most prevalent types of air pollution. Smog, or “ground-level ozone,” as it is more wonkily called, occurs when emissions from combusting fossil fuels react with sunlight. Soot, or “particulate matter,” is made up of tiny particles of chemicals, soil, smoke, dust, or allergens, in the form of gas or solids, that are carried in the air.

Water pollution-matthew

2018-10-25 03:26:09 UTC

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Plastic ocean pollution

reith_jordan — 2018-10-25 03:26:26 UTC

Every minute, one garbage truck worth of plastic is dumped into the ocean. Yearly, a colossal 1.4 billion pounds of trash ends up in our beautiful oceans. Of this waste, much of it is plastic.

Michael Martin

2018-10-25 03:26:39 UTC

Poaching

mayawa_jonathan — 2018-10-25 03:32:29 UTC

Rhino horn, elephant ivory and tiger products continue to command high prices, especially in Asia. In Vietnam, a myth that rhino horn could cure cancer contributed to massive poaching in South Africa however horn now appears to be used and given as a status symbol.

Over fishing Leah f

2018-10-25 03:40:05 UTC

Overfishing continues because our precious marine resources are poorly managed. Current regulations are not strong enough to limit fishing to sustainable levels and even where laws do exist, they are inadequately enforced.

Water pollution matthew

2018-10-25 03:40:20 UTC

Radioactive waste is any pollution that emits radiation beyond what is naturally released by the environment. It’s generated by uranium mining, nuclear power plants, and the production and testing of military weapons, as well as by universities and hospitals that use radioactive materials for research and medicine.

Ocean litter-Michael

2018-10-25 03:56:11 UTC

In 1975 the national Academy of Sciences measured that 680388.555 kilograms was being dumped into the ocean each hour and 6350293180 kilograms a year!

Trophic Cascade

albufera_john — 2018-10-25 03:56:56 UTC

Trophic Cascade are powerful indirect interactions that can control entire ecosystems, occurring when predators in a food web suppress the abundance or alter the behaviour of their prey, thereby releasing the next lower Trophic level from predation

Animal Testing- Ellie

2018-10-25 03:57:03 UTC

- More than 6 million animals are used in Australian experiments every year
- Non-Animal methods are more effective at providing information that is relevant for human health

Destruction of Habitat

albufera_john — 2018-10-25 03:57:37 UTC

The destruction of habitat surrounding agriculture land has degraded approximately 40% of agricultural land world wide over the past 50 years. People lose direct uses of habitat when habitat is destroyed

Food waste

caulfield_ava — 2018-10-25 03:59:32 UTC

- Australians discard up to 20% of the food they purchase