This effect occurs naturally, but human activity have significantly increased the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, causing more heat to be trapped and leading to the negative change in the Earth's climate.
Major Air Pollutants
Here are some examples of air pollution..
1) Smog
2) Acid Rain
3) Transportation Gasses
Smog
1.) Smog is created when fossil fuels like coal and oil are released into the air and react with sunlight.
2.) The smoke that creates smog usually comes from vehicle exhaust, factories, and power plants. Most of it come from vehicle exhaust.
3.) Most people do not realize what smog is because it is an everyday part of their lives.
How it relates to us...
If you inhale to much smog or other types of air pollution, it could effect your health. For example to much smog could cause
1.) Shortness of breath
2.) Increased coughing
3.) Wheezing,
4.) bronchitis,
5.) pneumonia,
6.)heart attacks
7.) lung cancer,
8.)increased asthma-related symptoms,
9.) fatigue,
10.) premature aging of the lungs
11.) death.
Acid Rain
Acid Rain consist of rain mixed with air pollution.
Here's how Acid rain is created
1.) Acid gasses are made when fossil fuels (such as coal and oil) are burned in power plants, factories, and homes.
2.) After these gasses are released they are blown into the sky and mix with clouds.
3.) This causes rain. snow, sleet, or hail to become more acidic or full of acid.
How it relates to us.....
Acid rain affects us not so much in the air but when it falls to earth it harms whatever it falls on. It kills plant life, pollutes our natural water resources, and corrodes buildings.
Transportation Gasses
1.) Transportation gasses are gasses released from cars, trucks, vans and any other type of motorized vehicle that runs on gas.
2.) Transportation gasses are one type of major air pollutant, but also causes other air pollutants, such as Smog and Acid Rain.
3.) It is the largest type of Air pollution on earth.
When vehicles are started fumes are emitted, or released into the air.
How it affects us
If we keep putting transportation gasses into the air it will eventually corrode the ozone layer so much it will disappear and leave us unprotected. Without this ozone layer we will be left unsheltered from the sun's harmful rays. Already in Australia there is a hole in the ozone layer causing skin cancer.
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