... global warming, will affect world food supply, alter sea level, make weather more extreme, and increase the spread of tropical disease. Most air pollution comes from one human activity: burning fossil fuels, natural gas, coal, and oil to power industrial processes and motor vehicles. Among the harmful chemical compounds this burning puts into the atmosphere are carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides ... to take advantage of sun in winter and shade and breezes in summer to reduce the need for artificial heating and cooling, which are usually powered by the burning of fossil fue...

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... below ground. In the United States, approximately 6.6 tons (almost 15,000 pounds) of greenhouse gases are emitted per person every year. Most of these emissions, about 82%, are from burning fossil fuels to generate electricity and power our cars. The remaining emissions are from methane from wastes in landfills, raising livestock, natural gas pipelines, and coal, as well as from industrial chemicals ... you live in. Several factors can affect the emissions per person in a state, for example, the types of fuel used to generate electricity, population and vehicle miles traveled ,and wheth...

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... play factors in the dangerous global warming process. With the constant degradation of the environment by man, global warming is inevitable. The burning of fossil fuels and exhaust emissions increases air pollution, which effects global warming. A fossil fuel is any carbon containing fuel for example coal, peat, petroleum, and natural gas derived from the decomposed remains of prehistoric plants and animals ... . The United States accounts for 25% of worldwide energy consumption, while it has less than 5% percent of world's population. Fossil fuels are primarily used to produce energy for...

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... breakdown of agricultural fertilizers. Tropospheric ozone is photochemically produced in the atmosphere as a result of the release of methane, carbon monoxide, and other hydrocarbons, due largely to emissions from fossil fuel burning. Atmospheric concentrations of the principal non-CO2 greenhouse gases are increasing from between 0.3% per year in the case of nitrous oxide to 5% per year in the case ... in the atmosphere, have been proposed. Fourth, reducing CO2 emissions by scrubbing CO2 from stacks, switching to fuels which produce less CO2, and increasing energy end-use efficiency so ...

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... . According to the article "Air Pollution" from national geographic society, human activities in the past 150 years such as emissions of cars, planes, power plants by burning of fossil fuels have increased carbon-dioxide gas level higher than they have been in the past thousands of years in the atmosphere. Many believe that humans-activity is the major cause of ... or on land. Industries burn a lot of chemicals and they are directly released from the chimneys which can spread the dangerous chemical gases around it very easily. Factories also utilize fossil fuels, which are a major factor...

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... dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), and ozone (O3), as well as artificially produced chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). The indication is that because of human activity, such as the burning of fossil fuels, levels of greenhouse gases are now increasing, especially carbon dioxide levels. Research indicates that carbon dioxide levels in the pre-industrial era were 280 parts per million; today they are ... been developed. Though alternative energy sources exist, society has not yet adopted them on a scale that compares to its use of oil. Ironically, even initiatives to develop alte...

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... as part of the process of breathing, just as we do. Plant decay is one of the largest sources of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Burning fossil fuels is a source of greenhouse gases. When the chemical energy in hydrocarbon-rich fossil fuel is converted into heat to drive an engine, a byproduct of this energy conversion is carbon dioxide. The cause of the seasonal fluctuation in ... dioxide that has been released into the atmosphere has increased by 30% or more. This increase of C02 in the atmosphere is due to the increase of the burning of fossil fuels and increased industry over the last f...

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... solutions that I would do to combat the global warming problem include: 1) I could install solar panels in my house to supply electricity which are more cost productive and environmental friendly unlike fossil fuels which produce carbon dioxide into the air; 2) cut back on electricity usage because they are major contributors to the production of sulfur dioxide; 3) plant trees and other plants to absorb ... environment and one thing that they do is plant trees and other plants. This is great for everyone to join and be a part in cleaning up the environment; 4) using less fuels by car po...

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... of the Earth's atmosphere. Sulfate aerosols cool the atmosphere by reflecting light back into space; however, sulfates are short-lived and vary regionally. Some scientists believe that the combustion of fossil fuels and other human activities are the primary reason for the increased concentration of carbon dioxide. The Committee on the Science of Climate Change states that temperatures are, indeed, rising with ... ...

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... to rise in a phenomenon known as global warming. The greenhouse gas carbon dioxide has increased dramatically since the end of the 18th century, as a by product of the combustion of fossil fuels such as coal, petroleum and natural gas. Prior to the Industrial Revolution, the carbon dioxide atmospheric concentration was about 280 ppmv, and as of 1994 it has reached 358 ppmv ... ...

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