Archive for the ‘Air’ Category

by indy_slug

Question: pollution affecting worlds supply of water and air?
Pollution threatened the world’s supple of water and airr,,, What are some examples of water and air pollution? what are some causes and effects of water and air pollution? are there are significances?

Answer:

Answer by poldi
Water pollution:
- chemical runoff from factories
- pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers from farms
- waste (sewers, toilets)

Air:
- car exhaust
- smoke from manufacturing plants
- burning of forests
- burning of toxic materials

Causes:
- human activities

No idea what you mean by “are there are significances”.

by uair01

Question: what are the cause and effect of air pollution?
this is my question for my essay at school=describe the cause and effects of pollution in the environment.narrow your topic to one form of pollutions.such as air,water,or land pollution.

Answer:

Answer by lizicious
Mining (chimneys) e.g sulfur pollution

car/machery exhaust e.g. lead (u can mention wy leaded petrol over unleaded)

industrial factories

CFC containing aerosols

effects; greenhouse effect by destruction of ozone layer; effects of such n earthly life
direct effect on plants, animals (ecosystem) and people(health

hope dat helps a somewhat

by coloured glass

Question: If the members of a community are concerned about a major problem such as air pollution in their community, th?
If the members of a community are concerned about a major problem such as air pollution in their community, they

A. must wait for the federal government to intervene.
B. must wait for their state government to intervene.
C. might organize and work to improve the problem themselves.
D. should move.

Answer:

Answer by ESP
ORGANIZE and mobilize!! The best way to destroy a problem is to take it by the balls. There was a park in hawaii and it was destroyed by a flood. The community was waiting for 2 years for the state to act. They said it would be complete in 5 years. 5 YEARS!! The people said F that and rebiult the park with their own hands and supplies in 6 months.

Good luck to you and your people.

by Daysleeper724

Question: How do non-hybrid cars affect air pollution?
How do non-hybrid cars affect air pollution?
How do hybrid cars help stopping air pollution?

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Answer by Bibs
Every production of energy increases pollution. Automobiles burn gasoline or diesel fuel. Most of the combustibles are changed into carbon monoxide and the remainder are evaporated into the air in the form of a gas which may later condense into a liquid or solid. All these things are referred to as pollution. A hybrid causes less polution because they are more efficient. When you step on your brakes, an electric motor is converted into a generator which generates electricity for a battery which in turn may be used push the car with the electric motor at a later time.. The question remains, will the fuel savings be enough to justify the added cost of hybred equipment? .

by ninahale

Question: What’s a recent discovery about creating less air pollution?
A recent discovery or breakthrough in utilizing energy sources that creates less air pollution?

Answer:

Answer by dave
Gasification of biomass (such as wood, plant fiber etc) is cleaner and more sustainable than burning coal or oil, producing less air pollution.

Also wave, wind power (though maybe not so modern).

Nuclear power also produces energy with less air pollution (though produces other pollution).

by akeg

Question: establishing a direct link between air pollution and health problems be difficult?
Effects of Air Pollution on Human Health is coughing, headaches , and increase in asthma-related problems….

Answer:

Answer by Bert
shouldn’t be a problem, google the air quality resources board or you local health department

by jepoirrier

Question: What are the problems of air pollution?
What are the problems in air pollution? (Relate to vehicles)

Answer:

Answer by PA Pocono-94
Air pollution can cause chronic or acute respiratory problems and diseases. some air pollution affect your blood and tissues.. A prime example would be carbon monoxide (CO) which your blood hemaglobin has about 200x more affinity for will inhibit the tissues use of oxygen and CO does not leave the body for a few days.

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the average adult breathes over 3,000 gallons of air every day. Children breathe even more air per pound of body weight and are more susceptible to air pollution.

Air pollution threatens the health of human beings and other living things on our planet. While often invisible, pollutants in the air create smog and acid rain, cause cancer or other serious health effects, diminish the protective ozone layer in the upper atmosphere, and contribute to the potential for world climate change.

Smog hanging over cities is the most familiar and obvious form of air pollution. But there are different kinds of pollution—some visible, some invisible—that contribute to global warming. Generally any substance that people introduce into the atmosphere that has damaging effects on living things and the environment is considered air pollution.

Carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, is the main pollutant that is warming Earth. Though living things emit carbon dioxide when they breathe, carbon dioxide is widely considered to be a pollutant when associated with cars, planes, power plants, and other human activities that involve the burning of fossil fuels such as gasoline and natural gas. In the past 150 years, such activities have pumped enough carbon dioxide into the atmosphere to raise its levels higher than they have been for hundreds of thousands of years.

Other greenhouse gases include methane—which comes from such sources as swamps and gas emitted by livestock—and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), which were used in refrigerants and aerosol propellants until they were banned because of their deteriorating effect on Earth’s ozone layer.

Another pollutant associated with climate change is sulfur dioxide, a component of smog. Sulfur dioxide and closely related chemicals are known primarily as a cause of acid rain. But they also reflect light when released in the atmosphere, which keeps sunlight out and causes Earth to cool. Volcanic eruptions can spew massive amounts of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere, sometimes causing cooling that lasts for years. In fact, volcanoes used to be the main source of atmospheric sulfur dioxide; today people are.

Industrialized countries have worked to reduce levels of sulfur dioxide,
smog, and smoke in order to improve people’s health. But a result, not
predicted until recently, is that the lower sulfur dioxide levels may
actually make global warming worse. Just as sulfur dioxide from volcanoes
can cool the planet by blocking sunlight, cutting the amount of the
compound in the atmosphere lets more sunlight through, warming the Earth.
This effect is exaggerated when elevated levels of other greenhouse gases
in the atmosphere trap the additional heat.

Most people agree that to curb global warming, a variety of measures need to be taken. On a personal level, driving and flying less, recycling, and conservation reduces a person’s “carbon footprint”—the amount of carbon dioxide a person is responsible for putting into the atmosphere.

On a larger scale, governments are taking measures to limit emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. One way is through the Kyoto Protocol, an agreement between countries that they will cut back on carbon dioxide emissions. Another method is to put taxes on carbon emissions or higher taxes on gasoline, so that people and companies will have greater incentives to conserve energy and pollute less.

Question: what source causes the most air pollution?
what source or mechanisms cause the most air pollution in the environment? I can’t seem to find what man made source causes the most emissions. Is it cars?

Answer:

Answer by aki-chan
I would say cars.
Lots of people have cars these days and they pollute air.

by dsleeter_2000

Question: How do i protect against air pollution?
On one of my apps it show your air pollution levels for your ZIP code. Im very proactive so if levels got high would i just wear a gas mask. We some for sawdust in the workshop. We also have some miltary surplus masks, kinda old though.
Whats an incline board

Answer:

Answer by Harvey Pew
Breathe shallow breaths while on an incline board at 45 degrees

Question: is the air pollution really that bad in salt lake city, Utah?
is it really that bad and affects people’s health? we’re thinking of moving there, but read articles about this pollution which is what’s holding us back, heard that it’s the fifth worse air pollution state..please help explain, feel so depressed.

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Answer by FoamyRules
No Denver is