AIR POLLUTION [pic] Introduction The earth’s atmosphere‚ at or near sea level‚ consists approximately of 78 percent nitrogen‚ 21 percent oxygen and 1 percent other gases. If it were possible to remain in this state‚ 100 percent clean air would result. However‚ many varied sources allow other gases and particulates to mix with the clean air‚ causing our atmosphere to become unclean or polluted. Some of these pollutants are visible while others are invisible‚ with each
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Name: He‚Shuyao Date: Feb‚ 14th Course: Problem solution Final Draft Air Pollution There is no need to recount the litany of how serious the environmental problem. Just think of the gloomy sky and the bad air‚ and you will know how urgent it is to protect our environment. However‚ few people will react to it in actions. For instance‚ many people know that the increasing car use has generated various air pollution problems‚ but they prefer buying their own cars. Because they think cars are convenient
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Air pollution is a major environmental health problem affecting the developing and the developed countries alike. The effects of air pollution on health are very complex as there are many different sources and their individual effects vary from one to the other. It is not only the ambient air quality in the cities but also the indoor air quality in the rural and the urban areas that are causing concern. In fact in the developing world the highest air pollution exposures occur in the indoor environment
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I do not own anything. Air Pollution What is Air Pollution? Air Pollution is the introduction of chemicals‚ particulate matter‚ or biological materials that cause harm or discomfort to humans or other living organisms‚ or damages the natural environment into the atmosphere. What is Atmosphere? The atmosphere is the complex dynamic 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
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situation is caused by garbage from industrial zones‚ car exhaust and large population. The purpose of this essay is to analyze these three main causes of pollution in HCM city. The first and immediate cause of pollution in HCM city is the waste from industrial zones. There’re so much industrial zones that make the water dirty‚ make the air polluted with foul odor. For example‚ almost rivers in HCM city are being polluted‚ a black covers all these rivers. Although the Government has some solutions
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Air Pollution Anthony Hampton Everest University Environmental Science There are many different types of air pollution‚ either way none of them are good for our health or our atmosphere. Air pollution has gotten worse through the years‚ the more factories we have and the cars we drive have had an impact on the earth. Smog is one of the types of air pollution‚ it is defined when smoke is present in the earth after emitting different sources. That is why
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Introduction to Air Pollution Air pollution is the presence of foreign substances in the atmosphere‚ emitted by industries and motor vehicles that cause damage to living organisms. Air pollution characteristics Air pollution characteristics in a particular region are influenced by: The type and amount of pollutant and their source of emission. The topographical and meteorological conditions affecting dispersion‚ concentration and transboundary transport of pollutants. The type of technology
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Air Pollution Air pollution in Egypt is a real‚ harmful and serious problem. It is caused by a wide variety of things. From these causes is the great amount of smoke that come from chimneys of factories that were built near the cities as it release great amount of harmful‚ poisonous‚ black smoke which is quickly spread in the air and change its color into black. Also the black color of car exhaust has a serious‚ bad effect on human’s respiration and which unfortunately we breeze it daily as we
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Sources of air pollution Air pollution caused by vehicles has been identified as the largest contributor to air pollution in the world. Air pollution caused by vehicles is when the burning of fossil fuels to power our vehicles gives off CO2 emission. This pollution by vehicles also produces toxic substances such as sulfur dioxide and carbon which can be fatal to humans. Air pollution also comes from industry as this source of pollution spews particulate matter and chemicals into the atmosphere
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Air Pollution * Pollutants enter the air from various sources‚ but burning of fossil fuels contributes the most to air pollution. * Exhaust fumes from vehicles contains soot (tiny carbon particles)‚ lead (from cars using unleaded petrol)‚ carbon monoxide‚ oxides of nitrogen and hydrocarbons due to the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels. * Burning of fossil fuels in the combustion engines of vehicles and electrical power stations also releases large amount of carbon dioxide into the
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