AIR POLLUTION I-General: Nowadays‚ the environment pollution has been a serious problem to the whole world since it’s getting worse and worse. There are many kinds of pollution like water pollution‚ air pollution or soil pollution. Today‚ our group would like to talk about the air pollution problem. As you can see‚ every day‚ a person inhales about 20‚000 liters of air. Every time we breathe‚ we risk inhaling dangerous chemicals that have found their way into the air. Air pollution includes
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Tropospheric ozone is undesirable since it is a pollutant these‚ causing photochemical smog and greenhouse effect. In the stratosphere‚ it acts as a protectant since‚ (i) It absorbs the dangerous UV-radiations (ii) It helps to trap the weather pattern within the troposphere‚ by generating a temperative inversion in the stratosphere. Tropospheric ozone is increasing due to human activities‚ while stratospheric Or‚ is decreasing. This decrease is called Ozone Depletion Ozone depletion deals with
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AIR POLLUTION AND CLIMATIC CHANGES Introduction: Air pollution is actually the addition of any harmful substances to the atmosphere‚ which causes the damaging of the environment‚ human health and the quality of life. Air pollution has been a serious problem throughout the history. This can have series effect on the health of human beings. Every day‚ the average person inhales about 20‚000 liters of air. Every time when we breathe in we inhale dangerous substances. These dangerous substances can
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Air pollution by Chris Woodford. Last updated: September 14‚ 2014. There’s nothing quite like opening the door and breathing fresh‚ clean‚ air—but how clean is the air you’re breathing right now? Unless you’re a scientist with a chemistry lab at your fingertips‚ there’s no real way of knowing. The gases you’re sucking up through your nose could be slowly killing you: according to the World Health Organization‚ around two million people die prematurely from the effects of polluted air every
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Eric McKenzie Geophysical Science Honors February 14th‚ 2014 ACID RAIN 1. Acid rain is rainfall created by pollution in the atmosphere. When the rainfall occurs‚ it almost always causes harm to the environment. 2. Acid rain is caused by the release of certain compounds into the air‚ including sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides. These compounds mix and react with chemicals such as oxygen and water and form acid rain. 3. Acid rain can harm the environment by acidifying lakes and streams‚ which greatly
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Every time 1% of the ozone layer is depleted‚ 2% more UV-B is able to reach the surface of the planet. So in short‚ without the ozone layer everything on earth will burn. The ozone layer is just as important to us as oxygen‚ without it the harmful UV radiation would give us server burns and destroy our delicate ecosystems. Even though there is hard evidence that proves that ozone depletion is harmful for organisms on earth‚ there are a few groups who think that the ozone layer is a “myth” aka doesn’t
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Air pollution is the introduction of chemicals‚ particulates‚ biological materials‚ or other harmful materials into the Earth’s atmosphere‚ possibly causing disease‚ death to humans‚ damage to other living organisms such as food crops‚ or the natural or built environment. The atmosphere is a complex natural gaseous system that is essential to support life on planet Earth. Stratospheric ozone depletion due to air pollution has long been recognized as a threat to human health as well as to the Earth’s
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Atmospheric Issues Anita Curcio SCI / 275 04/27/2013 Maria West Atmospheric Issues "Acid rain" is a broad term referring to a mixture of wet and dry deposition (deposited material) from the atmosphere containing higher than normal amounts of nitric and sulfuric acids. The precursors‚ or chemical forerunners‚ of acid rain formation result from both natural sources‚ such as volcanoes and decaying vegetation‚ and man-made sources‚ primarily emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides
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Indoor Air Pollution Brittney Scarborough SCI/ 275 February 6‚ 2015 University of PhoenixAssociate Level Material Indoor Air Pollution Resources: Chapter 19 of Environmental Science and the EPA web site‚ “Introduction to Air Quality”. Retrieved from‚ http://www.epa.gov/iaq/ia-intro.html Complete the following chart: Pollutant Sources Health effects Is Your Risk Level Acceptable? Solutions Sustainable Replacements‚ when appropriate Radon Natural decay of uranium found in almost all soils.
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When humans create air pollution‚ the earth starts to warm up and this therefore induces climate change. Air pollution is created by us humans when we use deodorants which consists of CFC’s that over a long period of time break down ozone particles and thus without even knowing we depleting the ozone layer. Power station and factory fumes and methane from landfills all create air pollution. Non-renewable energy resources such as; oil‚ coal and natural gas‚ all cause air pollution and seeing how much
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