Global Warming and Pollution

It’s Earth Day 2010 and your kids are going to be hearing about it, at school, on their favorite TV shows, online, on the radio- everywhere. How do you talk to your kids about the importance of conservation and being earth-smart without scaring them? Some sources bombard our children with the message that [...]

Children living in the Haifa Bay area are exposed to substantially more pollution and suffer significantly higher rates of illness than children elsewhere in the country.
This was one of the main conclusions in a special report released yesterday by the Coalition for Public Health, which assesses the risks to children’s health in the Haifa area. [...]

Before considering a wind generator, there are many points to consider and many options to verify in order for effective use. The most important is to consider the amount of energy you need. For small power needs like battery charging, there are portable wind generators that will work in most areas like construction, camping, and [...]

A total of 41 beaches have made it into the Good Beach Guide, three fewer than last year, and a drop of 15 from the all-time high in 2004.
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) tested 109 beaches around Scotland’s coastline.
Storm-related pollution driven by poor weather has been blamed by the MCS.
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) [...]

Carbon dioxide (chemical formula: CO2) is a chemical compound composed of two oxygen atoms covalently bonded to a single carbon atom. It is a gas at standard temperature and pressure and exists in Earth’s atmosphere in this state.
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is emitted in a number of ways. It is emitted naturally through the carbon cycle [...]

The word “smog” is a portmanteau of smoke and fog. Smog is a kind of air pollution, Classic smog results from large amounts of coal burning in an area caused by a mixture of smoke and sulfur dioxide. Modern smog does not usually come from coal but from vehicular and industrial emissions that are acted [...]

BBC News science reporter
Air pollution may be helping the fight against global warming by enhancing the ability of plants to absorb carbon dioxide, scientists say.
Since the 1960s, increased levels of atmospheric pollution have enhanced plant productivity by as much as one quarter, research has found.
In terms of carbon dioxide, this means that an extra [...]

Looking trough the web, I have found this webs:
Types of pollution
Pollution and the ozone layer
Pollution London
Contaminación mundial blog (spanish)
If you know about more interesting sites, just post it.
Thanks

The meaning of pollution:
Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into an environment that causes instability, disorder, harm or discomfort to the ecosystem.
Forms and types of pollution:
Air pollution.
Water pollution.
Soil pollution.
Radioactive contamination.
Noise pollution.
Light and visual pollution.
Smog, acid rain, the hole in the ozone layer and the greenhouse effect between others.
All are serious problems for our world, and [...]

from guardian.co.uk Finally, environment ministers overcame seven years of obstacles today and committed to reducing the world’s mercury pollution.
In a sign of America’s return to a global leadership role, United Nations environment ministers meeting in Nairobi agreed to take immediate steps to limit exposure to mercury.
The White House said it would press hard for a [...]