The Causes and Effects of Co2
Scientific contemporary issues:
The causes and effects of air pollutants
There are many different air pollutants created from many different sources.
Sources of air pollution range from car exhaust emissions (Carbon dioxide, Carbon monoxide, Nitrogen Dioxide, Lead & particulate matter), industrial sources such as factories, power plants and refineries (Sulphur dioxide, Nitrogen dioxide, Carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide etc) air-conditioning and refrigeration (CFCs).
Natural sources also contribute to emissions of gases that we consider pollutants, such as forest fires caused by lightning (Again carbon monoxide & carbon dioxide) and things such as wetlands, non-wetland soils, oceans and fresh water bodies (Methane)
These chemicals present a wide range of problems for living organisms and the environment, be it either from the pollutant directly or a subsequent problem that arises from the pollutant in question.
I will be discussing the causes and effects of the air pollutant CO2 (Carbon Dioxide), what can be done to prevent this pollutant affecting our planet and also what measures have already been put in place to reduce the impact of these pollutants.
CO2 is a greenhouse gas, a greenhouse gas is characterised as being a gas that absorbs infrared radiation and contributes to the greenhouse effect.
We need the greenhouse effect in moderation as otherwise the Earth would be cooler and would not be able to support life as we know it, our two closest planets are examples of how temperatures can differ due to the greenhouse effect.
Venus has an extremely dense atmosphere containing 96% CO2 which keeps the temperature at around the 450oC.
Again Mars’ atmosphere contains the same amount of CO2 but is only 1% as dense as the Earth’s atmosphere, it experiences greater temperature fluctuations because there are not enough CO2 molecules to trap the infrared radiation from the Sun to create a greenhouse effect.
CO2 is produced naturally through
The causes and effects of air pollutants
There are many different air pollutants created from many different sources.
Sources of air pollution range from car exhaust emissions (Carbon dioxide, Carbon monoxide, Nitrogen Dioxide, Lead & particulate matter), industrial sources such as factories, power plants and refineries (Sulphur dioxide, Nitrogen dioxide, Carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide etc) air-conditioning and refrigeration (CFCs).
Natural sources also contribute to emissions of gases that we consider pollutants, such as forest fires caused by lightning (Again carbon monoxide & carbon dioxide) and things such as wetlands, non-wetland soils, oceans and fresh water bodies (Methane)
These chemicals present a wide range of problems for living organisms and the environment, be it either from the pollutant directly or a subsequent problem that arises from the pollutant in question.
I will be discussing the causes and effects of the air pollutant CO2 (Carbon Dioxide), what can be done to prevent this pollutant affecting our planet and also what measures have already been put in place to reduce the impact of these pollutants.
CO2 is a greenhouse gas, a greenhouse gas is characterised as being a gas that absorbs infrared radiation and contributes to the greenhouse effect.
We need the greenhouse effect in moderation as otherwise the Earth would be cooler and would not be able to support life as we know it, our two closest planets are examples of how temperatures can differ due to the greenhouse effect.
Venus has an extremely dense atmosphere containing 96% CO2 which keeps the temperature at around the 450oC.
Again Mars’ atmosphere contains the same amount of CO2 but is only 1% as dense as the Earth’s atmosphere, it experiences greater temperature fluctuations because there are not enough CO2 molecules to trap the infrared radiation from the Sun to create a greenhouse effect.
CO2 is produced naturally through
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