Nitrogen dioxide

They state that people with asthma experience more than 100 million days restricted activity, costs for asthma exceed $4 billion, and about 4,000 people die of asthma. They also conclude that lead, mercury, sulfur dioxide, carbon dioxide, and ozone-forming nitrogen dioxides are all capable of be in the gas state and are very hazardous to public health. SFGATE (Demand Media) According to SFGATE, bike riding is definitely one of the best possible solutions to cutting down air pollution and taking…

Global Warming: Problems and Solutions Global warming is defined as “a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth 's atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, CFCs, and other pollutants.” by the Oxford Dictionary. This means that due to the effects of pollutants in the atmosphere the temperature of the earth is rising in a process called the greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect is what happens when solar radiation…

Introduction Acid rain is a rain that contains a high concentration of pollutants, chiefly sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide, released into the atmosphere by the burning of fossil fuels such as coal or oil .It can have harmful effects on plants, aquatic animals and infrastructure, when the sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide, react with the water . The chemicals in acid rain can cause paint to peel, corrosion of steel structures such as bridges, and weathering of stone buildings and statues.…

1. Introduction Pre-industrial revolution, humans beings used to live a primitive life whereby they used wood for cooking, warming house; as biofuel. Even later when they lived in houses, they used candles to light up their homes. Post-industrial revolution, human beings discovered new energy resources which have made life much easier to live. And the discovery of these resources (coal and oil), have also supported the advancement of new technologies e.g. automobiles, airplanes, generation of…

ore is Iron oxide. The oxygen must be removed from iron oxide, leaving behind the iron. Iron oxide reacts with carbon and it displaces the iron from iron oxide. Iron oxide + Carbon→ Iron + Carbon dioxide 2Fe2O3 + 3C→ 4Fe + 3CO2 Iron oxide is reduced to iron and the carbon is oxidised to carbon dioxide. The blast furnace is so hot that carbon monoxide can also be used to reduce the iron oxide instead of…

the mixture of gases in our atmosphere, hence resulting in a dramatic increase of acid rain levels. Pollution and burning of fossil fuels are the main causes for acid rain. These human activities cause the release of compounds such as nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide…

Deforestation increase the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere because when trees are burned carbon dioxide is released, carbon dioxide is also, released when trees are decomposed by microorganisms. Cutting down trees also, reduces the amount of carbon dioxides taken up by the photosynthesis and trapped in the wood and carbon dioxide is greenhouse gas therefore, Trees play a huge role in the carbon cycle. They convert the CO2 in the air to oxygen, through the process of photosynthesis.…

Everyone on the planet has the right and access to the atmosphere, making it a global common. There are many components that make up the atmosphere, the main components is nitrogen, which makes up 78.09% of the atmosphere, and oxygen, which makes up 20.95%. Around 1% of the atmosphere is comprised of water vapour, methane, carbon dioxide, sulphur, argon and particulates (e.g. dust). There are a total of four layers to the atmosphere, the troposphere, the stratosphere, the mesosphere and the…

pH of the ocean over an extended period time, caused primarily by uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere”. While the pH of the ocean displays significant values some authors and biologist link ocean acidification and climate change as twins. “Ocean acidification is sometimes called climate change’s equally evil twin,” and for good reason: it's a significant and harmful consequence of excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that we don't see or feel because its effects are happening…

GLOBAL WARMING The term Global Warming can be defined as the gradual increase in the temperature of Earth 's surface, oceans and atmosphere generally associated with the greenhouse effect caused by increased level of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants.The Greenhouse effect is responsible for the increase in temperature all over the world. It is a change that is believed to be changing the Earth 's climate in a permanent way. Global Warming the most important and biggest…