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What causes air pollution to get worse?


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I can come up with a variety of answers to the question of what causes air pollution. To get a glimpse of when air pollution first started,
we have to go back to the days of the cave man when he built a fire in a poorly ventilated cave. Since then, more and more of the earth's surface has become polluted.

Earth one had the ability to absorb as well as purify minor quantities of pollutants.

However, as society became more and more industrialized, and as cars burst onto the scene along with the population explosion, we found out the hard way, what causes air pollution.

Now it is most urgent that we care for our air and work to clean it up.

What are the primary air pollutants are found in most urban areas? Nitrogen oxides, hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, sulfur oxides and liquid and solid particulate matter air pollution.

These pollutants are on the prowl throughout the world's atmosphere and can reach high enough concentrations to warrant our attention. When pollutants become concentrated in our air, health problems can quickly occur.

What Causes Air Pollution in the House

Smoky Air

Air pollution occurs everywhere even in your own home. Poor ventilation causes air contaminants to become trapped inside. Sources of these undesirable indoor air pollution issues include:
  • telephone and electrical cables,
  • air conditioning systems and ducts,
  • copying machines,
  • mold,
  • cleaning fluids,
  • carpet,
  • vinyl molding,
  • building materials,
  • cigarette smoke,
  • latex caulk and paint,
  • linoleum tile, and
  • furniture.
Need I add any more to the list? Another alarming pollutant lurks in your house. Radon-222 is a colorless, tasteless, odorless and naturally occurring radioactive gas and it creeps into the basement from the ground.

Here are some outdoor air pollution sources. In urban areas, the two major causes of pollution are transportation and fuel combustion.

Cars produce high levels of a gas called carbon monoxide plus hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides. Also, fuel combustion inside stationary sources commonly emits sulfur dioxide.

What causes air pollution from carbon dioxide? The most talked-about substance in the air, these days, is carbon dioxide. Two of the main issues here are deforestation,

the removal of sequestration points, and the burning of fossil fuels, a strong source of CO2.

Emissions of carbon dioxide have been increasing at a rate of 4% yearly.

Ocean water contains approximately 60 times more carbon dioxide than the atmosphere. That is a whopping number.

If the oceans can no longer absorb carbon dioxide after some point, then it will remain in the atmosphere. One of the causes for concern here is that as the temperature of the water increases, the ability for the water to absorb CO2 decreases.

The basic connection between this gas and global warming goes as follows. Carbon dioxide is a good transmitter of sunlight. However, it partially restricts radiative energy returning from earth back into space where it belongs.

Everyone has heard of the greenhouse effect, right? This keeps the Earth from getting drastically cooled during the night. As the amount of CO2 increases in the atmosphere, a warming of the Earth's surface is expected to occur. Right now, CO2 may cause up to 57% of global warming.

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What causes air pollution from Smog?

Smog has started to make an appearance in tropical and subtropical regions where savanna grasses burn periodically. What causes air pollution and smog? Its unpleasant properties comes from unburned gases emitted by engines and other combustion sources.

Smoggy Air

The products of photochemical reaction include

  • ozone,
  • ketones,
  • organic acids,
  • organic particles,
  • aldehydes,
  • peroxyacetyl nitrate and
  • other oxidants.
I am sure you have heard of ozone! This is a gas created by nitrogen dioxide when it gets exposed to sunlight. This gas can cause eye irritation, damage to trees and crops and impaired lung function. We also have industrial smog. Need I elaborate on that? Just take a look at our industrial plants.

What can you do to reduce global air pollution? Driving a vehicle that gets at least 35 miles per gallon, bicycling, walking, and by using mass transit. You can try to make your home more energy efficient as well. Begin a recycling campaign. Plant a few trees. You can also support stricter clean air laws.

Want a bit more about the benefits of recycling? See this website on recycling and Global Climate Change. Learn about what is climate change, what causes it, and how you can play a part to reduce climate change through green living, recycling and energy efficient efforts.

Earth is the home to everyone and no one likes to live in a dirty home. Together, it is possible to make the earth a healthier, cleaner and more pleasant environment in which to live.

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