Pollution
YOU’LL have heard of the damage pollution can cause to our planet and what we can do to ensure our environment stays clean and free of trash. But what happens when man-made trash ends up in space? What can we do if it’s orbiting about 2 000km above the planet’s surface? Let’s discover how big a problem pollution is – even in space!
WHAT IS POLLUTION?
Pollution happens when harmful substances are dumped in the environment. These substances can be natural, such as volcanic ash from an eruption. But most pollution is manmade and harmful to the quality of air, water and soil.
This is mostly caused by such as coal, oil and natural gas to supply . In recent years devastating manmade deforestation fires in the Amazon Rainforest have contributed to the
