Pollution Rough Draft

Pollution rough draft Pollution is one major thing that is threatening our earth. It can take millions of years to recoup. There are many types of pollution, including water pollution, land pollution, and light pollution. Pollution is mainly caused by toxins, gases,trash, and litter. It harms our Earth, and damages ecosystems. Each type of pollution has a different consequence, but all do the same damage to the Earth. People may only think of pollution being in the air and on land, but it is also in our lakes, rivers, and oceans. Water pollution is caused by oil spill, acid rain, and urban runoff. Acid rain is actually made by air pollution. When it rains, the acid in the rain gets in the water. Oil spills are just when gas or another kind of oil gets in the water, and it usually kills many organisms. Urban runoff is surface runoff of rainwater, which is created by urbanization.

Another type of pollution is land pollution. Land pollution is mainly caused by household garbage and industrial waste. ‘Littering’ is when you don’t recycle or throw your trash away, littering is mainly leaving your trash on beaches, streets, fields, or any part of the land (litter usually ends up in the ocean too). Americans produce about 4.3 pounds of waste a day. The waste is usually product packaging, furniture, grass clippings,

People may not think of lightbulbs as harmful, but they are. Some consequences of light pollution are causing some birds to sing at unnatural hours and confusing newly hatched sea turtles and making it hard for them to find the ocean. Also, a type of light pollution called sky glow makes it difficult for professional and amateur astronomers to observe stars. Although we need light, research shows that most of the time it is overused. The International Journal of Science and Research estimates that over using lights wastes about 2 million barrels of oil per