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The current cycle of global warming is changing the rhythms of climate that all living things have come to rely upon. What will we do to slow this warming? How will we cope with the changes we’ve already set into motion? While we struggle to figure it all out, the face of the Earth as we know it coasts, forests, farms, and snapped mountains hangs in the balance. Mitigation nears lessening the negative effects of something, usually something that cannot be entirely prevented. Thus a pollution mitigation plan would be a plan to reduce the effects of pollution.
My topic I chose too discuss is Global Warming based on saving our water supply. Global Warming consist of many issues that affect our daily lives. We can all do out part in trying to mitigate global warming There are many simple steps you can take right now to cut global warming pollution. Make conserving energy a part of your daily routine. Each time you choose a compact fluorescent light bulb over an incandescent bulb, for example, you’ll lower your energy bill and keep nearly 700 pounds of carbon dioxide out of the air over the bulb’s lifetime.
By opting for a refrigerator with the Energy Star able indicating it uses at least 15 percent less energy than the federal requirement over a less energy-efficient model, you can reduce carbon dioxide pollution by nearly a ton in total. Join NRC in our campaign against global warming. “New Jersey Water Science Center” (2013) website, “New Jersey has the most unique set of challenges for the study of water and environmental issues any state in the nation. First, the state is traversed by four physiographic provinces, with the northern third of the state having been glaciated during the most recent glacial advance.
The state receives ample rainfall, on the average, forty-four inches of precipitation annually. Both of these factors result in a diverse environment with abundant surface- and groundwater supplies ruling most years. New Jersey NAS a Lana area AT Just near 7,500 square miles and a population of over 8. 1 million people, according to the 2000 census, giving New Jersey a population density of approximately 1,080 persons per square mile– the most densely populated state in the nation. New census data that were collected in 2000 is of great interest to area planners.
These data show that we are continuing to grow at a significant rate in comparison to earlier decades and also compared to other northeastern states. This growth has prompted planners to ask how much additional growth will be allowed in the future. Projections indicate that New Jersey will add another 900,000 people and 400,000 households before the State reaches its limits of development. New Jersey is also one of the most industrialized states, being at the midpoint between the Washington, D. C. ND Boston, MA transportation corridor and having excellent access to ports, air remonstration, railroads, and the metropolitan areas of New York City, NY and Philadelphia, PA. Yet, in the middle of all this is the New Jersey Penniless Preserve, a largely undeveloped and sizable area of the Coastal Plain with extensive water resources, and other undeveloped areas in northwestern and southern New Jersey. These factors, in concert, have left New Jersey with water-resources that are plentiful yet often stressed, over-exploited and yet holding enormous future potential– if managed carefully. Water is a key essential to everyday life. The benefits of retention our water resources are: A more secure and safe drinking water supply for the community and for its future generations. Possible reduction in the costs associated with treating and distributing drinking water. This cost may be decreased through items such as reduced monitoring initiatives. A general cost reduction through contamination prevention measures versus the expense of cleanup once contamination has occurred. The planet is warming, from North Pole to South Pole, and everywhere in between.
Globally, the mercury is already up more than 1 degree Fahrenheit (0. Degree Celsius), and even more in sensitive polar regions. And the effects of rising temperatures aren’t waiting for some far-flung future. They’re happening right now. Signs are appearing all over, and some of them are surprising. The heat is not only melting glaciers and sea ice, it’s also shifting precipitation patterns and setting animals on the move. Some impacts from increasing temperatures are already happening. Ice is melting worldwide, especially at the Earth’s poles.
This includes mountain glaciers, ice sheets covering West Antarctica and Greenland, and Arctic sea ice. Researcher Bill Fraser has tracked the decline of the Ad??lie penguins on Antarctica, where their numbers have fallen from 32,000 breeding pairs to 11,000 in 30 years. Sea level rise became faster over the last century. Some butterflies, foxes, and alpine plants have moved farther north or to higher, cooler areas. Precipitation (rain and snowfall) has increased across the globe, on average. Spruce bark beetles have boomed in Alaska thanks to 20 years of warm summers.
The insects have chewed up 4 million acres of spruce trees. I know we can’t stop global warming but we can contribute to cutting down on things to help aka this problem better for future generations to come. The goal is to bring global warming under control by curtailing the release of carbon dioxide and other heat- trapping “greenhouse” gases into the atmosphere. We can contribute to this global cause with personal actions. Our individual efforts are especially significant in countries like ten us Ana Canada, winner Monolinguals release over 1 pounds AT carbon dioxide per person every year.
We can help immediately by becoming more energy efficient. Reducing our use of oil, gasoline and coal also sets an example for others to follow. Reduce electricity usage around the home: The largest source of greenhouse gases is electric power generation. The average home actually contributes more to global warming than the average car. This is because much of the energy we use in our homes comes from power plants, which burn fossil fuel to power our electric products.
Other effects could happen later this century, if warming continues are; Sea levels are expected to rise between 7 and 23 inches (18 and 59 centimeters) by the end of the century, and continued melting at the poles could add between 4 and 8 inches (10 to 20 centimeters). Hurricanes and other storms are likely to become stronger. Species that depend on one another may become out of sync. For example, plants could bloom earlier than their pollinating insects become active. Floods and droughts will become more common.
Rainfall in Ethiopia, where droughts are already common, could decline by 10 percent over the next 50 years. Less fresh water will be available. If the Clearway ice cap in Peru continues to melt at its current rate, it will be gone by 2100, leaving thousands of people who rely on it for drinking water and electricity without a source of either. Some diseases will spread, such as malaria carried by mosquitoes. Ecosystems will change some species will move farther north or become more successful; others won’t be able to move and could become extinct.
Wildlife research scientist Martyr Aboard has found that since the mindless, with less ice on which to live and fish for food, polar bears have gotten considerably skinnier. Polar bear biologist Ian Stilling has found a similar pattern in Hudson Bay. He fears that if sea ice disappears, the polar bears will as well. Not keeping our water supply clean can cause people and animals to be sick. Long-term According to “Cleaner Water At The Source” (2010), “Each year more than one million children under the age of five die from diarrhea diseases, which are often caused by unsafe drinking water.
Even when diarrhea episodes are not fatal, they can lead to severe dehydration and have long-term impacts on children’s cognitive and physical development. Diarrhea diseases are often transmitted when a water supply is contaminated with fecal matter and bacteria are passed into the mouth either through drinking, bathing, or touching one’s face with dirty hands. ” Though the technology exists to deliver uncontaminated water to households through pipes, in developing countries such methods are prohibitively expensive in most rural settings where households are far apart.
In areas where decentralized water sources such as wells, boreholes, or springs are the norm, local governments and donors commonly fund the construction of new or improved water sources to combat diarrhea disease.