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Ozone Depletion Ultraviolet Radiation
624 words
If all the ice in Antarctica melted, it would
raise the level of the world's oceans by over 200
feet (60 meters). The possibility of this
happening in the near term is not seriously
considered by scientists, for the Antarctic icecap
is currently believed to be in equilibrium.
However, meteorologists studying the ramifications
of global warming and the greenhouse effect expect
there to be a decrease in sea levels in the short
term -- a matter of decades -- of about 2
millimeters per year. This wi...
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Released Into The Atmosphere Sulfur Dioxide
1,318 words
Every thing present in this universe is a part of
environment including ourselves. Whether they are
animals, living thing, or nonliving things. All of
the external factors affecting an organism. These
factors may be other living organisms (biotic
factors) or nonliving variables (abiotic factors),
such as water, soil, climate, light, and oxygen.
All interacting biotic and abiotic factors
together make up an ecosystem. Organisms and their
environment constantly interact, and both are
changed by th...
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Parts Per Million Shortness Of Breath
1,183 words
Smog has been around for a pretty long time,
people just knew it as something else. Smog comes
from the word smoke and fog, and that's
practically what it is. It was a serious problem
before, before nature and humans went unharmed in
the presence of smog but now it's serious. What
does all of this polluted air do to the body? The
answer depends on the situation. How long a person
is exposed to pollution, the type and
concentration, the place, time and day,
temperature, weather and more. But one ...
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Greenhouse Gases Global Warming
1,471 words
Global warming is not a myth it is a fact. It has
been proven that the temp has gone up in the last
2 decades. Yes, it is possible to stop it and even
fix it. At the rate we are going it will be the
same as it was in 1980 by 2050. Yes I think that
global warming is a fact to be reckoned with. But
I agree with both sides because both are right
each in their own way. It is proven that the earth
has been cooling down over the last 6, 000 years
since the Holocene Maximum. That is a fact! But
there a...
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Methyl Bromide Uv Radiation
627 words
Ozone is a form of oxygen that is a human-made
pollutant in the troposphere but a naturally
produced, essential component in the stratosphere,
which encircles our planet some 6 to 28 miles
above the surface. The stratosphere contains a
layer of ozone that shields the surface from much
of the ultraviolet radiation coming from the sun.
If ozone was to disappear from the stratosphere
Earth would be uninhabitable for most organisms.
The primary cause for this substantial ozone loss
is a group of com...
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Los Angeles Clean Air
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Many do not know the exact definition of smog or
why it is dangerous. Smog is defined in Scott
Monds' "Smog, Let's Clear the Air" as the
"brownish-yellow haze" found hanging above large
cities. Smog is mostly a part of the "ozone gas",
which can be harmful when found at ground level.
Small amounts of ozone gas can be good, but when
mixed with pollutants, it creates the smog
(Monds). Nitrogen Dioxide and tiny debris such as
soot give smog its distinctive color as well as
VOCs or "volatile organic...
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Ground Level Ozone Clean Air Act
1,637 words
Freedom and the American Dream Since the very
creation of the United States it was attracting
people with its love of freedom and a chance for
equal opportunities for all people. These rights
of freedom and opportunities were upholding during
the entire history of the country and now
sometimes they are being disturbed. In this
research paper I am going to talk about the right
to safe air quality that is being misled during
resent several decades. The waste products from
automobiles and the envir...
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Air Pollution And Ozone Part 1
1,750 words
Air Pollution and Ozone Depletion The year is
2007. The ozone hole over Antarctica has expanded
each year and has now become a severe global
threat. Sometime in July several hundred large
airplanes head out on a dangerous mission over the
sunless Antarctic continent. Their goal: to spray
50, 000 tons of ethane into the stratosphere in an
attempt to stop the ozone hole from forming as the
austral spring approaches. Though it may sound
like the plot for a new Arnold Schwarzenegger
movie, this idea...
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Ozone Molecules Du Pont
579 words
The beginning of the CFC (chlorofluorocarbons) era
started in 1928, when CFC were invented by a Du
Pont chemist. CFC were best known as freon's and
became famous as a safe, nonflammable refrigerant.
It s invention became a great triumph when Freon
took the place of sulfur dioxide or ammonia which
was used as the working liquid in refrigerators.
It eventually became widely used in automobile air
conditioners and nontoxic propellants in aerosol
cans. It s insulating properties also was used for
bl...
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Environmental Protection Agency Ground Level Ozone
1,487 words
Death of a Planet Air pollution is a very big
problem in the United States. A large part of air
pollution comes from cars. The Environmental
Protection Agency says, The most polluting
activity an average person does everyday is drive
their car (1 factsheet OMS- 5). Most people
probably arent aware that they are polluting the
environment. Maybe if everyone knew how serious
this pollution problem is, they would find ways to
reduce the pollution. Most pollution that is
released by cars comes from t...
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Carbon Dioxide Rain Forest
920 words
The film showed many problems occurring with the
earth today and what the individual can do to
correct them. It showed many simple things that
anyone can do to help out the earth. The five main
categories in the video were recycling, saving
endangered species, saving energy, saving water,
and protecting the ozone. The fist section of the
film talked about what you can do to help reducing
your waste. By buying products with little or no
excess packaging you can lower the amount of
garbage you hav...
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Millions Of Years Ozone Layer
1,312 words
My views of the environment are rooted in my
belief in creation. I do not believe that life on
earth began spontaneously, nor do I believe that
the earth is so delicately balanced. I don? t
believe that the earth and its ecosystem are
fragile. Many radical environmentalists do, they
believe man can come along, all by themselves and
change everything for worse. After hundreds of
millions of years, they believe that we are the
last two generations of human existence. And they
think we can destroy ...
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Ozone Depleting Ozone Depletion
705 words
Learning Ozone Layer Summary of Learning of the
Ozone Experience On the 16 th of September 1987,
negotiators meeting in Montreal finalized a
landmark in international environmental diplomacy:
the Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete
the Ozone Layer. The Successful Conclusion of the
negotiations in Montreal was widely hailed at the
time as a historic even. As the protocol was the
most ambitious attempt ever to combat
environmental degradation on a global scale. In
the 10 years since that ...
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Burning Fossil Fuels Natural Greenhouse Effect
3,312 words
The Greenhouse Effect The greenhouse effect, as
defined in the dictionary, is the effect produced
as greenhouse gases allow incoming solar radiation
to pass through the Earths atmosphere, but prevent
most of the outgoing infrared radiation from the
surface and lower atmosphere from escaping into
outer space. Even though this process occurs
naturally and has kept the Earths temperature
about 60 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than it would
otherwise be, current life on Earth could not be
sustained with...
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Ground Level Ozone Clean Air Act
1,360 words
What: In 1997 the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) established new ozone standards. The EPA
also placed special restrictions on twenty-two
states in the Ohio Valley and Midwest regions to
prevent emissions from coal-burning power plants
from being carried into the New England States by
wind currents. (Tennessee is one of these
twenty-two states. ) Both of these rulings were
recently either struck down or placed on hold by
Federal Appeals Courts. Why: The regulations put
into place in 1997 b...
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Clean Air Act Environmental Protection Agency
2,376 words
Methyl Bromide Ban Under the recently passed U. S.
Clean Air Act, the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) has prohibited the U. S. production and
importation of methyl bromide starting January 1,
2001. Methyl bromide is an odorless, colorless gas
essential to the farming, storage, transportation,
trading and processing of more than 100 American
crops including fruits, grains, vegetables, cut
flowers, wood products and cotton. Methyl bromide
plays a key role is ensuring the safety and
adequacy ...
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Ozone Molecules Ozone Layer
265 words
NASA and EU Report Massive Arctic Ozone Loss
Scientists from NASA and the European Union blamed
the long, cold winter and human-made pollution for
one of the largest ozone losses to record. The
study was conducted between January and March with
the use of NASA? s high-tech ER- 2 plane. This
plane is able to reach high altitudes in order to
check for ozone depletion. The measurements taken
by the ER- 2 concluded that the ozone above the
arctic has decreased nearly 60 percent. These
measurements w...
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Nitrogen Oxides Nitrogen Dioxide
1,745 words
Gifted Photochemical Smog Photochemical Smog
Gifted Chemistry IB Alternative Assessment 1997
March 19 Historically, the term smog referred to a
mixture of smoke and fog, hence the name smog. The
industrial revolution has been the central cause
for the increase in pollutants in the atmosphere
over the last three centuries. Before 1950, the
majority of this pollution was created from the
burning of coal for energy generation, space
heating, cooking, and transportation. Under the
right conditions, ...
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Environmental Protection Agency Amounts Of Carbon
1,620 words
What have we done to our planet Earth? At present,
the most extreme and realistic finality we will
ever realize as a race of beings is that our
planet doesnt need us; we need the planet. Within
the last two hundred and fifty years we have
caused the planet more harm than its 4 billion
years of existence. It is and has been time to
realize the seriousness of our abuse towards
Earth. We cant just turn pollution off like a
switch when we dont want to deal with it, we have
to do something about. And...
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Nitrogen Oxides Nitrogen Dioxide
1,758 words
Gifted Chemistry IB Alternative Untitled Gifted
Chemistry IB Alternative Assessment Photochemical
Smog Historically, the term smog referred to a
mixture of smoke and fog, hence the name smog. The
industrial revolution has been the central cause
for the increase in pollutants in the atmosphere
over the last three centuries. Before 1950, the
majority of this pollution was created from the
burning of coal for energy generation, space
heating, cooking, and transportation. Under the
right conditions,...
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