Water pollution

• Substances in the water that causes net harm to a target population

LIGHT POLLUTION

• Light altering the natural diurnal cycle of target populations
• Turtles, birds

LAND POLLUTION

• Altering the land physically, chemically for human consumption

NOISE POLLUTION

• Human generated noise that disrupts ecosystems

AIR POLLUTION

• Unnatural increase of atmospheric gases and particulates

THERMAL POLLUTION

• Heat island created primarily by human activity
• Power plant

VISUAL POLLUTION

HUMAN IMPACTS

POLLUTION

• All negatively impact local ecosystem
• Cumulatively fuel climate change
• Both created and defined by human
• Disproportionately affect people in low income communities
• Occurs at a rate that doesn't always allow for adaptation

WE CAN PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT