Air Pollution

What is Air Pollution?

Air pollution is the contamination of the

air with impurities.

Effects of Air Pollution

·        
Carbon monoxide

·        
Sulphur dioxide

·        
Steel Corrodes in
polluted air

·        
Sulphur oxides caused
by burning coal.

·        
Effect of weather and
climate

What is the Greenhouse Effect?

This is described as the global

atmospheric warming caused by the heating of atmospheric gases which are
prevented from rising.
Causes of Green House effect

·        
The burning of fossil
fuels

·        
Burning of oil and
gas

·        
Deforestation:
massive removal of trees  contributes to
a built up of carbon dioxide

·        
Chlorofluorocarbons

Consequences of the Greenhouse effect

·        
Melting of the ice
caps causing the rise in sea levels.

·        
Rise in temperature.

·        
Excessive heat may
cause climatic changes

Activities used to reduce the Green House

effect
·        
Substitutes for
petroleum

·        
Reforestation

Solutions to Air Pollution

·        
Strict laws to ensure
factories install pollution control devices.

·        
Use of alternative
sources of fuel.

·        
Factories should be
required to make waste gases harmless by releasing them into the atmosphere.