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Define thermal pollution.
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Solution
Thermal pollution is the artificial increase in the temperature of a natural water body (river, lake, or sea) caused by human activities, most commonly the discharge of heated cooling water from power plants and industrial processes, which reduces dissolved oxygen and harms aquatic life.
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