Sci 275 Appendix D Air Pollution Chart

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SCI 275
Appendix D
Air Pollution Chart
|Issue |Sources |Health/Environmental Effects |
|Carbon dioxide (CO2) |Burning carbon-containing |The buildup of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases |
| |fossil fuels accounts for most |warms the atmosphere by absorbing some of the outgoing infrared|
| |human-made Carbon dioxide |(heat) radiation. Some of the heat in the warmed atmosphere is |
| |(Berg, 2007). |transferred back to Earth 's surface, warming the land and ocean|
| |Land conversions, when tracts |(Berg, 2007). This is a positive effect. |
| |of tropical rainforest are |However, high levels of carbon dioxide can displace oxygen and |
| |logged or burned, emit Carbon |nitrogen, which can potentially cause health problems |
| |dioxide. They also accumulate |(Wisconsin Department of Health Services, 2011). |
| |in the atmosphere as a result | |
| |of daily human activities, such| |
| |as being removed from the body | |
| |via the lungs in exhaled air | |
| |(Wisconsin Department of Health| |
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