The Earth is a beautiful place to live, it's amazing how many things we take for granted. When you can't be bothered to leave your bed, you don't think about the experiences you can have in this world. You don't notice the true beauty it brings, but you ignore it and all you see are cold mornings and school. But what happens if one day you wake up and everything is gone? Then you wish you liked it more. You never realize how much you take for granted until you've lost it. Pollution is destroying our planet, through our air, water and land. When will you realize all that your planet does for you? Above all, air pollution threatens all life on earth. Most of the air pollution we cause results from the burning of fossil fuels, such as natural gas, coal, gasoline and oil. Factories contribute greatly to air pollution and burn fossil fuels that create carbon dioxide, the most dangerous greenhouse gas. For example, it is estimated that industry and power generation plants contribute just over 50% of greenhouse gases. Another harmful gas created by the burning of fossil fuels is sulfur dioxide, when these gases encounter water vapor in the atmosphere; they make sulfuric and nitric acid. Acid falls to earth in rain, snow or fog. This rain can kill fish in rivers and lakes, burn leaves from trees and dissolve limestone from buildings. Factories also create ground-level ozone problems by releasing harmful gases into the air; Ozone is made up of three oxygen atoms, one more oxygen atom than required for breathable oxygen, O2. Under certain conditions, certain pairs of oxygen atoms separate and each atom joins another pair to form ozone, O3. Although ozone can be useful for fi...... middle of paper ......highly toxic fertilizers and pesticides to eliminate insects, fungi and bacteria from their crops. However, if they overuse these chemicals, it leads to soil contamination and poisoning. A single American produces 2 kilograms of waste per day, and every household produces tons of waste each year. Did you know that we produce enough waste every day to fill 63,000 garbage trucks? The surprising thing is that 80% of this waste can be recycled, but it is not. Things that cannot be recycled end up in landfills. If these landfills are not treated or sealed properly before burial, they lead to severe land degradation and contamination of the groundwater below. For example, soil pollution causes us to lose 24 billion tonnes of topsoil each year. Landfills are one of the biggest human contributors to pollution and we're doing nothing about it..