Since its history, global warming has posed a threat against Earth with its issues, such as pollution and rising sea levels. However, with research, scientists can search for a way to slow down the effects on global warming. Global warming has been defined as the extreme changes in Earth’s climate. Human activity has overwhelmed the atmosphere and is the major driving factor in global warming.
Pollution has been one of the major issues in the Earth’s climate. Pollution has been around since the beginning of human history. However, problems started to arise since the Industrial Revolution. Although the Industrial Revolution introduced amazing technology, it also introduced new sources of air and water pollution (history.com). By the middle of the twentieth century, the effects of these changes were beginning to be felt in countries around the world (history.com). Each year, Earth Day—April 22—marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970 (earthday.org). At the time, conservation was a big concern. The US government put lots of emphasis on protecting and managing America’s natural resources. (https://thewoottonpost.wordpress.com/2012/05/25/environmental-issues-of-the-70s-and-80s-by-max-seigel-8/). The public was outraged over the events that caused environmental harm. “Environment” was a word that appeared more often in spelling bees than on the evening news. Earth Day 1970 gave voice to that emerging consciousness, channeling the energy of the anti-war protest movement and putting environmental concerns on the front page (earthday.org). The idea came to Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson after he witnessed the ravages of the 1969 massive oil spill in Santa Barbara, California. Inspired by the student anti-war movement, he realized that if he could infuse that energy with an emerging public consciousness about air and water pollution, it would force environmental protection onto the national political agenda. Nelson announced for a “national teach-in on the environment” to the national media. On April 22,1970, 20 million Americans took to the streets, parks, and auditoriums to demonstrate for a healthy, sustainable environment in massive coast-to-coast rallies. Thousands of colleges and universities organized protests against the deterioration of the environment. Groups that had been fighting against oil spills, polluting factories and power plants, raw sewage, toxic dumps, pesticides, freeways, the loss of wilderness, and the extinction of wildlife suddenly realized they shared common values (earthday,org). What can cause air pollution? …show more content…
Air pollution can result from both human and natural actions. Natural events that pollute the air include forest fires, volcanic eruptions, wind erosion, pollen dispersal, evaporation of organic compounds and natural radioactivity (http://eschooltoday.com/pollution/air-pollution/causes-of-air-pollution.html). One cause of air pollution from humans is the burning of fossil fuels. Sulfur dioxide emitted from the combustion of fossil fuels like coal, petroleum and other factory combustibles is one the major cause of air pollution. Pollution emitting from vehicles including trucks, jeeps, cars, trains, airplanes cause immense amount of pollution (http://www.conserve-energy-future.com/causes-effects-solutions-of-air-pollution.php). Another cause of air pollution from humans are agricultural activities. Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture is created by a combination of factors; one is the production of methane by cattle. Another cause is deforestation, where the need for pastureland and growing fields requires the removal of trees that would otherwise sequester carbon and clean the air. According to the World Health Organization, outdoor air pollution has grown 8% globally in the past five years, with billions of people around the world now exposed to dangerous air. For years, it's been understood that the effects of air pollution in humans are seriously detrimental to health. We breathe air to live and what we breathe has a direct impact on our health. Air pollution is a problem for global warming, which is bad for everyone in the long term, but is also disastrous in observable ways now. Children and members of other sensitive populations are almost always going to be more vulnerable to problems like air pollution. According to WebMD, the fact that kids proportionately take in larger quantities of air compared to adults makes them more vulnerable to air pollution. Children also tend to play outdoors more, engaging in sporting activities that speed up their breathing even more. Their lungs are also still developing and thus more vulnerable. Parents have to be especially vigilant
Pollution has been one of the major issues in the Earth’s climate. Pollution has been around since the beginning of human history. However, problems started to arise since the Industrial Revolution. Although the Industrial Revolution introduced amazing technology, it also introduced new sources of air and water pollution (history.com). By the middle of the twentieth century, the effects of these changes were beginning to be felt in countries around the world (history.com). Each year, Earth Day—April 22—marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970 (earthday.org). At the time, conservation was a big concern. The US government put lots of emphasis on protecting and managing America’s natural resources. (https://thewoottonpost.wordpress.com/2012/05/25/environmental-issues-of-the-70s-and-80s-by-max-seigel-8/). The public was outraged over the events that caused environmental harm. “Environment” was a word that appeared more often in spelling bees than on the evening news. Earth Day 1970 gave voice to that emerging consciousness, channeling the energy of the anti-war protest movement and putting environmental concerns on the front page (earthday.org). The idea came to Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson after he witnessed the ravages of the 1969 massive oil spill in Santa Barbara, California. Inspired by the student anti-war movement, he realized that if he could infuse that energy with an emerging public consciousness about air and water pollution, it would force environmental protection onto the national political agenda. Nelson announced for a “national teach-in on the environment” to the national media. On April 22,1970, 20 million Americans took to the streets, parks, and auditoriums to demonstrate for a healthy, sustainable environment in massive coast-to-coast rallies. Thousands of colleges and universities organized protests against the deterioration of the environment. Groups that had been fighting against oil spills, polluting factories and power plants, raw sewage, toxic dumps, pesticides, freeways, the loss of wilderness, and the extinction of wildlife suddenly realized they shared common values (earthday,org). What can cause air pollution? …show more content…
Air pollution can result from both human and natural actions. Natural events that pollute the air include forest fires, volcanic eruptions, wind erosion, pollen dispersal, evaporation of organic compounds and natural radioactivity (http://eschooltoday.com/pollution/air-pollution/causes-of-air-pollution.html). One cause of air pollution from humans is the burning of fossil fuels. Sulfur dioxide emitted from the combustion of fossil fuels like coal, petroleum and other factory combustibles is one the major cause of air pollution. Pollution emitting from vehicles including trucks, jeeps, cars, trains, airplanes cause immense amount of pollution (http://www.conserve-energy-future.com/causes-effects-solutions-of-air-pollution.php). Another cause of air pollution from humans are agricultural activities. Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture is created by a combination of factors; one is the production of methane by cattle. Another cause is deforestation, where the need for pastureland and growing fields requires the removal of trees that would otherwise sequester carbon and clean the air. According to the World Health Organization, outdoor air pollution has grown 8% globally in the past five years, with billions of people around the world now exposed to dangerous air. For years, it's been understood that the effects of air pollution in humans are seriously detrimental to health. We breathe air to live and what we breathe has a direct impact on our health. Air pollution is a problem for global warming, which is bad for everyone in the long term, but is also disastrous in observable ways now. Children and members of other sensitive populations are almost always going to be more vulnerable to problems like air pollution. According to WebMD, the fact that kids proportionately take in larger quantities of air compared to adults makes them more vulnerable to air pollution. Children also tend to play outdoors more, engaging in sporting activities that speed up their breathing even more. Their lungs are also still developing and thus more vulnerable. Parents have to be especially vigilant