You are here:  Home > Environmental Ethics > Pollution
University of Bristol
Wellcome Trust
Recommended by:
Society of Biology
PEEP for Physics & Ethics at GCSE
 

Pollution

Two cooling towers throw huge clouds of stem into the skyIntroduction

Definition:

Pollution may be defined as:

Open quoteThe presence in the environment of substances or energy in quantities that endanger human health, harm living organisms, diminish the amenity value of the environment or interfere with the natural functioning of ecosystems.Close quote (Ecology – advanced Biology readers – Peter Chenn)

Causes and classification:

Pollution can arise from the activities of humans (anthropogenic) or be caused by natural phenomena such as volcanic eruptions.

There are many forms of pollution and they can be broadly classified under the following headings:

  • Atmospheric or air pollution
  • Water pollution
  • Radioactive pollution
  • Thermal pollution
     

This section will investigate pollution from the ‘human activity’ perspective and concentrate on the main issues that are covered by ‘A’ level examination boards.


What's your opinion?

Average rating

Current rating: 3.3/5 (from 3 votes cast)

Read comments

NOT RATED Karis 03-11-08 21:50
Very useful for homeworks and research!
James taylor 12-07-10 08:23
boring so very boring
NOT RATED dilllan neve 12-07-10 08:25
very good to find stuff about .................................................
NOT RATED Sophie high 13-07-10 12:14
Very bad and no help wat so ever its *** and i will never use it again i got an f in my exam
NOT RATED Ryan-Mitchell Hird 14-07-10 09:19
i got a u in my work how bad is that ?? this website is crap
NOT RATED goll 14-07-10 09:24
good for copy and pasteing
NOT RATED keiran gibson 14-07-10 09:36
website is very good
NOT RATED beamish boy 14-07-10 09:39
i love this website it is very good and for stuff................................................................................
NOT RATED Ryan Mitchell Hird 16-07-10 08:21
i love this website it helped me get a u in science.......thanks
NOT RATED mint 16-07-10 08:23
carnt work it out i got a a* in my work
1 Next

Bookmark this pagefacebook myspace bebo delicious diigo stumbleupon twitter reddit yahoo google