Air Pollution in today’s world makes it difficult for us to breathe pure, clean air. Strangely, we are now on a quest to look for a planet similar to earth despite the fact that ours is said to be the only planet where living things can live. Because of the numerous human activities carried out in the name of development since the industrial revolution of the 19th century, the earth has lost its freshness and purity of air. Over time, it started to have an adverse effect on all living creatures, resulting in countless negative health effects and numerous fatalities. And today, as global citizens, breathing clean air has nearly become our most important right, and the struggle continues.
What causes air pollution, and how does it affect people?
Air pollution is the impurity in the air caused by a concoction of dust particles and liquid pollutants, together known as aerosols, that has a negative impact on the health of living things and, more crucially, on the climate. Both natural and manmade factors cause the increase in air pollution. To mention a few, these include the dangerous gases and smoke released by cars, factories, dust, volcanic ash, pollen grit, and wildfire dust particles
l What induces pollution in the air?
Various artificial and natural calamities or factors give rise to pollution in the air. The factors are as discussed below
Natural causes
Wildfires:
In an extensive wooded area, prolonged dryness can lead to a devastating level of wildfire, producing harmful gas called carbon monoxide and smoke. When the smoke and carbon monoxide gets mixed up in the air, they promote carbon volume in the atmosphere, the major reason behind the Greenhouse Effect.
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