Breathing toxic gas like methane may lead to death. There is no denying that vehicle pollution is the major contributor to air pollution, especially in urban cities.
When the car burns gasoline, it emits pollutants in the air which is as harmful as smoking 10 cigarettes a day. Your vehicle emits carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxide, and particulate matter. When the vehicle pollution is high in the atmosphere, it creates a hole in the ozone layer contributing to smog and causing various health issues. Open burning of garbage is much more harmful to your health and the environment than one may think.
Exposure to open burning of garbage waste can pose serious health risk including cancer, liver issues, impairment of immune system, reproductive functions; can also affect the developing nervous system. With the rise of population in the city, construction and demolition is a part of the ever going development phase of the national capital.
Several construction sites and raw materials such as bricks and concrete cause haze and foul air which is hazardous for the people especially, children and elderly citizens. Agricultural activities have had a serious impact on the decreasing air quality. Smog is a type of air pollution that looks like smoky fog and makes it difficult to see. Smog is a type of air pollution in cities that makes it difficult to see outside. Here are images of Beijing on a clear day after a rain left and on a smoggy day right.
For example, some aerosols reflect sunlight while others absorb sunlight. It depends on the color of the particle. Lighter-colored surfaces reflect heat from the Sun. A white t-shirt reflects the Sun on a hot day, making you feel cooler.
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Physiol Plant. Effects of elevated ozone on photosynthesis and stomatal conductance of two soybean varieties: a case study to assess impacts of one component of predicted global climate change. Plant Biol Stuttg Ger. Manderson L. Taking public transportation instead of driving a car, or riding a bike instead of traveling in carbon dioxide-emitting vehicles are a couple of ways to reduce air pollution.
Avoiding aerosol cans, recycling yard trimmings instead of burning them, and not smoking cigarettes are others. These tests sent invisible radioactive particles into the atmosphere.
These air pollution particles traveled with wind currents, eventually falling to Earth, sometimes hundreds of miles away in states including Idaho, Utah, Arizona, and Washington.
These areas were considered to be "downwind" from the Nevada Test Site. Decades later, people living in those downwind areascalled "downwinders"began developing cancer at above-normal rates. In , the U. London Smog What has come to be known as the London Smog of , or the Great Smog of , was a four-day incident that sickened , people and caused as many as 12, deaths. Very cold weather in December led residents of London, England, to burn more coal to keep warm.
Smoke and other pollutants became trapped by a thick fog that settled over the city. The polluted fog became so thick that people could only see a few meters in front of them. Greenhouse Gases There are five major greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere. Acid rain can be manmade or occur naturally.
When released through a small opening, the liquid becomes a spray or foam. Carbon dioxide is also the byproduct of burning fossil fuels.
Some CFCs have destructive effects on the ozone layer. Gas molecules are in constant, random motion. December 5December 9, severe smog that killed between 4, and 12, people in London, England.
Also called the Great Smog. Nuclear weapons testing was discontinued there in Also known as laughing gas or happy gas.
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You cannot download interactives. Fire can be an incredibly useful tool. We cook our food with fire, warm our homes, light candles, roast marshmallows, shape metals, and create new energy — all with fire. However, using fire as a tool requires extreme awareness of safety, because it can be incredibly dangerous and destructive. Even a single spark in a dry forest can start a wildfire that engulfs hundreds of thousands of acres. Depending on the weather, these small sparks can wipe out entire forests and cities within days, destroying everything in their path and polluting the air with smoke thick enough to be seen from space.
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