The Topic Of Pollution. Air, Land, Rain, And Sea.

The topic of pollution...... Air...... Land......Rain...... Sea.
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The air
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It would appear that because of pollution the ice at the poles are gradually disintegrating causing many problems for low lying countries, this relates to rising temperatures caused by degradation in the ozone layer from the burning of fossil fuels releasing what is known as greenhouse gases.



The land
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Soil contamination, soil pollution, or land pollution as a part of land degradation is caused by the presence of xenobiotic chemicals or other alteration in the natural soil environment. It is typically caused by industrial activity, agricultural chemicals or improper disposal of waste. Wikipedia



Acid Rain
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Acid rain is rain or any other form of precipitation that is unusually acidic, meaning that it has elevated levels of hydrogen ions. Most water, including drinking water, has a neutral pH that exists between 6.5 and 8.5, but acid rain has a pH level lower than this and ranges from 4–5 on average. Wikipedia



The Sea
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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. Wikipedia



The outcome
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https://www.bbc.com/future/article/...om-pollution

What stamps have you got, that cover this topic ?

Out of the frying pan ••••••••• into the fire
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The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was an industrial disaster that began on 20 April 2010 off of the coast of the United States in the Gulf of Mexico on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect. ... Wikipedia


The Deepwater Horizon spill 2010
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dee...on_explosion

Italy
28 November 1970 / Nature Conservation Year / Urban Complex and Tree / design & engrave: E. Vangelli

Pollution of the earth....... Is time running out ?
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pollution is causing many problems on this planet today.
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On the land, the sea, and in the air.... It's becoming reality.
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Life at 50°C, Shorts: Battling Australian Bushfires: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p09w7m0v via @bbciplayer

"Life at 50°C" is harsh. Here at the fringe of London, it goes up to 35°C this afternoon and rail will be longer, roads will be melted and land shrinks badly. Two more stamps from 36 years ago.

Sweden
27 May 1986 / Europa / Forest and car fumes + Forest and industrial pollution / design: Ingalill Axelsson, engrave: Majvor Franzén

Constant sunshine with no rain leads to...... DROUGHT.
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Crops and vegetation perish along with the people and animals because of lack of food and water due to the constant heat, leading to.....FAMINE

The Mauritius stamp is designed carefully - I thought the scan made its name of country swayed, but that is an expression of a mirage, that will bring us a feeling of hot air. This one below, I have no information on it - might be draught, or could be acid rain the stamp is warning at.

Senegal
1973

The Baobab Tree in Senegal (shown on the Official stamp) is certainly under threat, as discussed in this article:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/30/...-change.html

Thank you, 22crows for letting me know the depicted tree of the stamp above. And I read about Baobab... another rather robust lives on earth are struggling to survive, against the climate crisis. Human activities first caused pollution in near-by area, but already spreading to be the collective problem of whole globe.

Bulgaria
10 November 1976 / Protection of the environment / design: A. Stareishinski

"Save our Forests", East Germany, 1969:

Here are a few US Stamps
Scott# 1410 - 1413 (1970)



Scott# 2074 (1984)



Scott#2951 - 2054 (1995)

TOXIC WASTE (chemicals & effluence).
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There are many forms of pollution that is gradually destroying this planet one of them being Toxic Waste.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxic_waste

The consequences of global warming.
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What is currently happening around the world.
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Stamps showing the problems with drought.
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Latest report via Bloomberg on drought situation in China

https://youtube.com/watch?v=gKdoO0BegKE

Stamps depicting climate change.
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Texas declares state of emergency amid severe flooding" on YouTube

https://youtube.com/watch?v=MzBDQqHtVzQ

Pollution of rivers and streams.
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Another sorry story of pollution, this time regarding the Oder River in Poland.

Report by ABC news..........12/8/22
https://abcnews.go.com/Internationa...off-88287710



To compound the situation of the River Oder in Poland, reports are now coming in of torrential rain and flooding in Pakistan affecting millions

Here is a report made by the BBC recently of the devastation caused.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-62684037

Scenes of flooding in different areas of the world on stamps..................

Here are some further reports on the flooding in Pakistan.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-62722117

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The following is of the floods from 1966 in Laos relating to the Mekong Delta.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=j23ibM9YuBM

Stamps issued at the time.

Thanks, Wilding. Several years after that flood, on September 1, 1973, Laos issued a set about Lao Scouts. One of the stamps shows Lao scouts helping people during the 1966 flood of the Mekong: