https://padlet.com/mcappuccino/uz6us9za07su Research facts about the negative impact fossil fuels have on the environment. Post your name, a fact or recent event about the topic, and any pictures/videos about the topic. en-us 2018-01-23 17:48:13 UTC 2018-01-24 00:33:27 UTC hello@padlet.com mcappuccino https://padlet.com/mcappuccino/uz6us9za07su/wish/223910565 2018-01-23 17:48:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mcappuccino/uz6us9za07su/wish/223910565 mcappuccino https://padlet.com/mcappuccino/uz6us9za07su/wish/223910566 2018-01-23 17:48:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mcappuccino/uz6us9za07su/wish/223910566 mcappuccino https://padlet.com/mcappuccino/uz6us9za07su/wish/223910567 As part of the process of clearing the way for a coal mine, trees are cut down or burned, plants uprooted and the topsoil scraped away. This results in the destruction of the land (it can no longer be used for planting crops) and soil erosion. The loosened topsoil can be washed down by rains and the sediments get into rivers, streams and waterways. Downstream, they can kill the fish and plant life and block river channels which cause flooding.]]> 2018-01-23 17:48:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mcappuccino/uz6us9za07su/wish/223910567 ewilliams7539 https://padlet.com/mcappuccino/uz6us9za07su/wish/223954729 HONG KONG — An oil spill from an Iranian tanker that sank in the East China Sea is rapidly spreading, officials said Tuesday, alarming environmentalists about the threat to sea and bird life in the waterway.

]]> 2018-01-23 18:59:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mcappuccino/uz6us9za07su/wish/223954729 ewilliams7539 https://padlet.com/mcappuccino/uz6us9za07su/wish/224053969 At least a dozen explosions and fires have occurred along Colorado oil and gas industry pipelines in the eight months since two men were killed when a home blew up in Firestone, a Denver Post review of state records found. ]]> 2018-01-24 00:29:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mcappuccino/uz6us9za07su/wish/224053969 ewilliams7539 https://padlet.com/mcappuccino/uz6us9za07su/wish/224054129 Air pollution occurs when harmful substances including particulates and biological molecules are introduced into Earth's atmosphere.]]> 2018-01-24 00:31:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mcappuccino/uz6us9za07su/wish/224054129 ewilliams7539 https://padlet.com/mcappuccino/uz6us9za07su/wish/224054232 The greenhouse effect is the process by which radiation from a planet's atmosphere warms the planet's surface to a temperature above what it would be without its atmosphere]]> 2018-01-24 00:32:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mcappuccino/uz6us9za07su/wish/224054232