Dr Manu - Thermal and Radioactive pollution

hello everyone welcome to the module where we dwell into the critical topic of thermal and radioactive pollution I'm Dr Manu M Joseph and together we'll explore the sources and profound impact these forms of pollution have on both human health and ecosystems all right let's dwell a bit deeper into the fundamentals thermal pollution occurs when an

excessive amount of heat is released into our water bodies often as a result of industrial activities like factories or manufacturing plants on the other hand radioactive pollution refers to the presence of radioactive materials in our environment which can come from various sources such as power plants or improper disposal of radioactive waste it's equally important to

understand that both these form of pollution can have detrimental effects on our planet and our well-being they can disrupt the delicate balance of ecosystem harm Aquatic Life and pause serious threats to human health and Wildlife elake let's first talk about thermal pollution one major source is industrial process factories and manufacturing plants often use water for cooling and

when this heater water is discharged back into the rivers and streams it raises the water temperature which will ultimately disturb the entire Aquatic Life power plants are also significant contributions to this condition the cooling of Machinery involves massive water usage when this warm water written to water bodies it can alter the delicate

balance of our aquatic system urbanization also plays a very important role our cities expand the prevalence of concrete and as leads to the phenomenon called Adent heat island effect as temperature climb fish and other aquatic organisms struggle to adopt to these unnatural conditions elevated temperatures reduces the oxygen carrying capacity of water posing a serious threat to the health