oceans are a global sink for carbon dioxide
Carbon sink Presently, oceans are CO2 sinks, and represent the largest active carbon sink on Earth, absorbing more than a quarter of the carbon dioxide that humans put into the air.[19] The solubility pump is the primary mechanism responsible for the CO2 absorption by the oceans.
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Noise pollution Up until the 1970s governments tended to view noise as a "nuisance" rather than an environmental problem.
Stockholm Water Prize 2006: Professor Asit K. Biswas, The Third World Center for Water Management
Montreal Protocol "Recognizing that worldwide emissions of certain substances can significantly deplete and otherwise modify the ozone layer in a manner that is likely to result in adverse effects on human health and the environment. Determined to protect the ozone layer by taking precautionary measures to control equitably total global emissions of substances that deplete it with the ultimate objective of their elimination on the basis of developments in scientific knowledge"