Once in a while, put on a raincoat and go outside for a walk when it rains. You will see a phenomenon that yeaach....., can make you chuckle in amazement and massage the chest. Garbage and water will pool the streets. In fact, not infrequently this puddle will attack residents' houses.
Once again, take a bicycle down the streets with high transport activity. I'm sure you won't be able to hold yourself back for a long time watching the noise of the roar of motor vehicles and the billowing smoke of vehicles.
In addition, you will no longer be comfortable riding a bicycle because the streets are crowded with vehicles and there are no trees to absorb the heat that radiates out.
SOS, My Earth Is Seriously Sick!
Yes, our Earth is seriously ill and even approaching a coma. Everywhere our eyes will be treated with various phenomena of damage. Environmental damage or the cool term environmental pollution can no longer be denied, it is already happening and is happening in the environment around us.
In fact, we may ourselves be a contributor to the occurrence of environmental pollution. The ability of humans to process natural resources through their intelligence causes environmental damage.
Of course, everything is intended to meet the needs of human life itself. However, sometimes the processing has no limits and heeds the law of cause and effect of nature as the object being exploited.
Our Air, Water, and Land are Polluted
Today, environmental pollution has penetrated almost all sectors. From the air to the ground everything has been polluted. The following is an overview of these types of pollution.
1. Air Pollution
Of course, you will cover your nose when you see black smoke coming out of a motor vehicle. However, it is not only vehicle exhaust that emits black smoke, factory exhaust also emits smoke that is no less black and large.
The smoke that comes out of these exhausts (vehicles and factory chimneys) contains carbon monoxide which is very dangerous, especially when inhaled by our lungs.
Carbon monoxide gas trapped in the air will directly raise the air temperature to be hotter. In addition, this is the most influential in spurring the formation of the greenhouse effect.
You can imagine as a result of this greenhouse, global warming will occur and one of the consequences is the melting of the ice sheets at the earth's poles (north and south). Do you know the consequences? Sea levels will rise and some lower areas will sink.
Another contributor to air pollution is Chloro Fluro carbon or CFCs which are commonly used in air conditioners. Excessive use of this substance can result in depletion of the ozone layer which functions as a filter for ultraviolet rays from sunlight.
2. Water Pollution
How many liters of water do you use every day? Let's take an analogy, every day you need 30 liters of water means you will spend as much as 900 liters of water in one month. Imagine how many there are, right?
Indeed, water is our primary need. All living things in this world need water to continue their life. But, how far have we gone to maintain this water so that it can continue to be used?
The amount of water on Earth is a fixed amount, it will not increase and decrease only in a different distribution. There are areas that are abundant with water and there are areas that lack water.
The most obvious example of shallow groundwater contamination is polluted well water sharing the elements above it or infiltration from other places. The use of pesticides, industrial waste, and landfills contribute greatly to this pollution.
Seawater intrusion can also occur in deep groundwater. Large-scale industries often use this deep groundwater through artesian pumps. This massive pumping spurred seepage of seawater to enter.
In addition, oil spills are a major cause of damage to marine ecosystems. Likewise with the disposal of factory waste that is dumped into the river without going through a filtering process first.
3. Soil Pollution Soil
as a medium for growing plants is often exploited by humans beyond the threshold, resulting in the land being unable to produce optimally for a long period of time.
To work around this, various chemicals such as fertilizers and pesticides are used to restore it. If this continues, the soil will not have a long time to produce and eventually, the soil will lose its own nutrients.
Responding to this small amount of environmental pollution, it is proper for us as residents who inhabit the Earth to maintain the stability of various natural elements so that they can always be used.
And, let's help our Earth to recover quickly from illness due to environmental pollution by reducing materials that can cause pollution.