... during periods of a UV rating a dangerous activity. More and more people have been diagnosed with skin cancer due to the harmful sun rays. Acid rains caused by the burning of fossil fuels and the creation of large amounts of nitrous oxide and sulfuric oxide also claim countless victims in the form of plants and animals. It has been reported that maple trees ... of the Kyoto Protocol by Canada and other countries. The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement to address climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions by limiting the burning of fossil fuels. What does this mean for...

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... , and also it smells pretty bad. Air pollution comes from many different sources. One of the major sources is carbon monoxide which manly comes from automobiles, but also burning of fossil fuels, CFCs etc. Air pollution does not leave the Earth it all gets trapped up in the atmosphere. This doesn't bother most people, and they think that it will not harm ... them. People burn down forests and people burn fossil fuels, and CFCs from aerosols. Every bit of this harms our atmosphere. Factories and transportation depend on huge amounts of fuel billions of tons of coal and oil are consumed ar...

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... on Earth and releases some energy, (2) 3 percent of that energy is sent back into space. During this time (3) humans are driving cars, power plants are running both of which burn fossil fuels; then, someone is spraying their hair with hair spray, garbage is laying around in landfills and etc. (4) when all these fumes combine, they "form a "blanket" which traps energy, thus warming ... gases, carbon dioxide (CO2), are produced every time a human or an animal exhales, but nothing can be done about that. But something can be done about the enormous amount of fossil fuels such as coal, oil,...

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... and how they can benefit the owners. Air pollution due to cars affects the air we breathe, the ozone layer, water, and soil. Driving a gas run car involves combustion of fossil fuels where gases are emitted that affect the environment. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, more than half of air pollution in the USA is caused by mobile sources, mainly automobiles ... ...

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... ecosystem and all life would go extinct. "Greenhouse gases, which have built up to unnaturally high levels in the atmosphere, trap heat. They include carbon dioxide, which is emitted when fossil fuels are burned, and other gases produced by human activity •Watson 2). These gases besides trapping heat, created a hole in our ozone layer which will continue to increase in size if ... ...

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... , 000 years. This is the greenhouse effect, and mankind is directly responsible for it. There is a gaseous ceiling that is formed around the world and these gases are produced when fossil fuels such as coal, petroleum or natural gases are burned. Some of the heat that comes from the sun's rays is trapped by it. This is what causes the gradual rise ... ...

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... acid rain. When looking at air pollution, we can see that there are many types, one type is acid rain. Scientists have discovered that air pollution from the burning of fossil fuels mainly in power stations and industry in countries such as Germany, United Kingdom and other economically developed countries is the major cause of acid rain. Acidic deposition or acid rain ... ...

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When looking at air pollution, we can see that there are many types, one type is acid rain. Scientists have discovered that air pollution from the burning of fossil fuels mainly in power stations and industry in countries such as Germany, United Kingdom and other economically developed countries is the major cause of acid rain. Acidic deposition or acid rain ... ...

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