With reference to Beijing‚ assess the short term and long term effectiveness of the mitigation measures taken to reduce smog (20). Consider air quality management‚ traffic controls‚ vehicle emission controls‚ zoning of industry and increased use of public transport. Pollution causes a huge concern to people in Beijing. At the moment Beijing’s pollution level is well over the safe level that the World Health Organization has set‚ its level is almost 22 times above. Poor air quality caused by
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the 100 words passages were counted and averaged (Richardson‚ Morgan‚ & Fleener‚ 2012). The SMOG formula SMOG Readability Formula was created in 1969 by McLaughlin. He introduced the formula in an article called‚ SMOG Grading – A New Readability Formula in the Journal of Reading. The SMOG Readability Formula estimates the level of education a person needs to comprehend the language of the writing. The SMOG requires the use of three different 10 sentence passages; two passages from the beginning of
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Air Pollution To understand pollution of air‚ some knowledge of the atmosphere is required. Atmosphere is a layer consisting of a few gases surrounding the planet earth and is vital for the survival of life on earth. The atmosphere protects earth from abrupt temperature fluctuations from the powerful ultra violet radiation coming from the sun. The atmosphere is made up of nitrogen 78%‚oxygen 21%‚argon 0.9%‚carbon dioxideo0.03% and small amount of trace gases ‚helium ‚neon‚ krypton‚ xenon‚ hydrogen
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environmental pollution. 2. Harm to the plant: Most of these pollutants in ambient air have adverse effects to plants‚ causing adverse effects for agriculture and horticulture.Expression is making slow crop development‚ especially photochemical smog has caused great harm to the vegetables: lettuce‚ peas‚ rice‚ corn‚
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the atmosphere. As far back as 1661‚ a tract on air pollution was published in England: Fumifugium: or the Inconvenience of the Aer and Smoake of London Dissipated. Today much of the world suffers from the eye-smarting‚ lung-scarring curse we call smog. In Los Angeles and other great cities it comes in large part from automobile engines. Last March I braved the streets of Tokyo‚ in that careening‚ cacophonous time of day the Japanese call rushawa. I was there for the first International Symposium
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Causes * 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 * The atmosphere is a 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 human health as well as to the Earth ’s ecosystems. Natural sources
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How can science be applied to reduce air pollution? Air pollution is the addition of any harmful substances (dust particles‚ fumes or odour) to the atmosphere‚ which causes the damaging of the environment‚ humans‚ animals and plant. Air pollution can result from both human and natural actions. Natural events that pollute the air include wind erosion‚ volcanic eruptions‚ forest fires‚ and natural radioactivity. Pollution from natural occurrences are not very often. Human activities that result
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AIR POLLUTION When we hear about pollution‚ we think of smog‚ traffic congestion‚ acid rain‚ and other pollutant-related terms. However‚ we also need to consider contaminants in the air we breathe and chemical pollutants around us. We need to be concerned about indoor air because it can affect the health‚ comfort‚ and productivity of workers. POLLUTANTS AND CONTAMINANTS Chemical pollutants include tobacco smoke and chemical spills. Particles include pollutants such as dust and dirt from drywall
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The Atmosphere and Environment Photochemical Smog and Prevention Class 3/1 Group Members: Shushanik (11)‚ Jun Bin (12)‚ Bob (13) and Chin Kiat (26) What is photochemical smog? What are the pollutants involved? Research Explanation using concepts learnt (chemical bonding‚ acid & bases‚ particulate model of nature) it’s “haze in the atmosphere accompanied by high levels of ozone and nitrogen oxides‚ caused by the action of sunlight on pollutants.” photochemical smog is composed of primary pollutants (eg
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one example of air pollution which lead to environment degraded in London. London in SE England had the reputation of one of the most polluted cities in Europe in the 1950s. Air pollution had reached such a serious stage that it caused the London Smog in 1952 that caused 4000 deaths and a host of other related ailments among the Londoners. One of the main causes of the serious air pollution was the burning of fossil fuels by the many manufacturing industries producing iron and steel‚ automobiles
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