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While marine pollution can be obvious, as with the marine debris shown above, it is often the pollutants that cannot be seen that cause most harm.. Marine pollution occurs when substances used or spread by humans, such as industrial, agricultural and residential waste, particles, noise, excess carbon dioxide or invasive organisms enter the ocean and cause harmful effects there.
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]
The air quality in Malaysia is reported as the API (Air Pollutant Index) or in Malay as IPU (Indeks Pencemaran Udara). Four of the index's pollutant components (i.e., carbon monoxide, ozone, nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide) are reported in ppmv but PM 2.5 particulate matter is reported in μg/m 3.
Laut (Luh-OOt; Indonesian: pulau Laut) [1]: 3744 is an island located in northern Java Sea, to the southwest of Makassar Strait. It is administratively part of the Kota Baru Regency in the Indonesian province of South Kalimantan .
Various definitions of pollution exist, which may or may not recognize certain types, such as noise pollution or greenhouse gases.The United States Environmental Protection Administration defines pollution as "Any substances in water, soil, or air that degrade the natural quality of the environment, offend the senses of sight, taste, or smell, or cause a health hazard.
Water pollution (or aquatic pollution) is the contamination of water bodies, with a negative impact on their uses. [1]: 6 It is usually a result of human activities.. Water bodies include lakes, rivers, oceans, aquifers, reservoirs and groundwa
Karangan or Karanagan or Kerengan (Persian: كرنگان) may refer to: Karangan, East Azerbaijan; Karangan, Razavi Khorasan; Karangan, administrative division of Kulim district in the state of Kedah, Malaysia; Karangan River, which forms the Sangkulirang bay on the east coast of Borneo
Serang is often known as "kota santri" or the "city of pious people", due to the history as a traditional center of Islamic learning. [6] The city hosts two of the major congregational mosques in Banten province, Ats-Tsauroh Great Mosque of Serang and Al-Bantani Grand Mosque , which hold the capacity of 2,500 and 10,000 worshippers respectively.