thermal pollution

Thermal Pollution: A Global Problem Recently, as a result of the increased energy demand, we've allowed our planet to begin overheating. With the introduction of more and more heated water into our lakes and rivers, and Carbon Dioxide into the atmosphere we've managed to raise the temperature of this vast resource. Even more ignorant is our failure to learn from our mistakes. Now, through thermal pollution (the introduction of waste heat into water and air), …

…river is a local problem, that the oceans are so vast we can't alter their temperature, that we can continue abusing our environment as we have in the past. The rivers flow into the interconnected seas. The atmosphere's temperature has been changed by humans, and if we continue in our denial of the destructiveness of our actions, we will kill not only ourselves, but every species on the planet and destroy all chances for regrowth.