Air China

smoke from the industrialized environment, and the air is toxic to breathe. Is this a world you would want to live? Probably not, but that is the reality for most cities around the world. As our world becomes more industrialized, Air pollution takes a toll on the environment and in effect it begins to impact our health. Air Pollution is a rising concern around the world because some countries have it worse than America. In this day and age, Air Pollution is very common especially among the…

Air pollution is one of the many problems the world faces. There are different types of pollution: visible or invisible. Air pollution is due to many causes. For example, greenhouse gasses such as carbon dioxide, the main pollutant that is warming the Earth and is produced from the breath of living beings and the burning of fossil fuels; methane, which comes from swamps and gas emitted by livestock; and chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, which were used in refrigerants and aerosol propellants until…

The air smells like an airport smoking lounge. Harmful chemicals are entering the body and implanting life threatening diseases. In China, pollution levels are higher than the rest of the world combined. Factories producing toxic carcinogens into the environment is having a huge impact on Chinese citizens. This problem, created by humans, is absolutely necessary to resolve. The pollution will only continue to grow if no action is taken. To start, as the economy grows, the environment continues…

fashion statement all the way from Southeastern Asia is colorful, inexpensive, innovative, and protective. Face masks can be self-decorated with any original design and have been a common accessory in China as people face the ominous threat that their own air poses to them. However, having poor air quality is not a situation unique to the Chinese only, despite Beijing being the better known through news sources. Cities in India and Pakistan claim the top 7 most polluted cities spots, while…

with skyrocketing price. Under this circumstances, most of the people choose to rent sub-divided rooms. However, people who live in this kind of flats have to face the increasing average rent, which are increasingly eating their meagre incomes (South China Morning Post, 2015). In fact, although the public housing is another option, the time of waiting is too long. Lots of residents will be forced to move into smaller and smaller flats. The Soco community organiser Angela Lui Yi-shan said that…

Our Air is something we take for granted as opposed to food or water we don’t really contemplate much about it. Similar to the way we breathe it’s just a part of our life whether we consciously think about it or not. Comparable to our subconscious breathing is the autonomous effects polluted air can have on just about every aspect of the world. Its indisputable to say all of you know in our lifetime, environmental concerns revolving around our expenditure of fossil fuels and the effects it has…

Air Pollution as a Tragedy of Commons Zachary Preston EVSP414 October 22, 2017 Air Pollution as a Tragedy of Commons The Tragedy of the Commons can be described as the depletion of shared resources by people acting rationally and independently, according to their self-interest despite being aware that abusing the common resource contrary to their long-term best interests. The Tragedy serves as a model of a myriad of current resource-based problems affecting the society. It applies to the…

Take a moment right now to take a nice, refreshing breath. Now imagine if you weren 't able to enjoy that. Imagine the air was so thick with dust and smog and tiny, deadly particles that you can barely breathe the air around you. Richard Muller said “It’s as if every man, woman, and child were smoking 1.5 cigarettes each hour in Beijing, China.” Many people cannot even stand to be near someone when they are constantly being bombarded with second hand smoke. Imagine never having the opportunity…

Emissions any substances that are released into air from natural or human sources. This may include flow of gases, liquid droplets, as well as solid particles. It is important to understand that not all emissions are pollutants, even though they may cause significant health and environmental problems. The United States as well as China has faced significant emissions across the countries, which has led to various problems and challenges (Paulot et al., 2014). Transportation: Basically, about 27%…

below 50 μg/m3 , as well as annual average levels below 20 μg/m3, as "acceptable."” All of his perspectives express that people overly concern about Chinese air pollution. However, if we do not pay such a huge attention to it, how can people deal with a striking number of death? According to Li Jing’s article “Air pollution is bigger killer in China than smoking, says new Greenpeace study”4 (04 February, 2015) : “Tiny smog-inducing pollutants, known as PM2.5, led to about 257,000 premature…