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Plastic pollution is the accumulation of plastic objects and particles (e.g. plastic bottles, bags and microbeads) in the Earth's environment that adversely affects humans, wildlife and their habitat.
Air pollution is the presence of substances in the atmosphere that are harmful to humans and other living beings, or cause damage to the environment. Air pollution can be chemical, physical or biological. [1]
Ô Môn is an urban district (quận) of Cần Thơ in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2004 the district had a population of 128,075, [1] and 164,234 people in 2018. The district covers an area of 126 km 2. [1] The district was created by Decree No. 05/2004/ND-CP dated January 2, 2004.
Sha Chau (Chinese: 沙洲; lit. 'Sand Island', formerly transliterated as Saw-Chow ) [ 1 ] is an island in the northwest waters of Hong Kong . It is off the shore of Lung Kwu Tan near Tuen Mun in the mainland New Territories , separated by the Urmston Road waterway.
Lai Châu province is one of the most sparsely populated regions in Vietnam, and it shares a border with China. It was once a semi-independent White Tai confederation known as Sip Song Chau Tai , but was absorbed by France into French Indochina in the 1880s and subsequently became part of Vietnam following Vietnamese independence in 1954.
With a land area of only 0.97 km 2, the Lok Ma Chau Loop is currently the only unincorporated area in Hong Kong. [3] Because every piece of land in mainland China belongs to a county-level (third level) administrative division, [4] this makes the Lok Ma Chau Loop the only unincorporated area under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China.
A view of Los Angeles covered in smog. Pollution in California relates to the degree of pollution in the air, water, and land of the U.S. state of California.Pollution is defined as the addition of any substance (solid, liquid, or gas) or any form of energy (such as heat, sound, or radioactivity) to the environment at a faster rate than it can be dispersed, diluted, decomposed, recycled, or ...
Mai Châu is a mountainous region located in Hòa Bình province, approximately 135 km from Hanoi and 65 km from Hòa Bình city. The east of Mai Châu borders Đà Bắc and Tân Lạc districts, the west and the south border Quan Hóa district of Thanh Hóa province, and the north borders Vân Hồ district of Sơn La province.