...Air and Pollution Paper Albertis McCray ENV/100 November 11, 2013 Mrs. Jennifer Lake Air and Pollution Air and water pollution play a large role in our environment. The two types of air pollution that will be discussed in this paper are carbon dioxide and nitrogen dioxide. Both of these air pollutions have a daily effect on our environment. Air pollutants are either primary and/or secondary. Primary air pollutants produce a specific type of process, for example, sulfur dioxide released from industrial factories or ash from a volcano explosion. Secondary pollutants are not directly emitted, when primary pollutants react or interact, they form in the air. The First Air Pollutant Nitrogen Dioxide Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) is one of the many prominent pollutants. High temperature combustion creates Nitrogen dioxide, which are produced naturally during thunderstorms. The Second Air Pollutant Carbon Dioxide The second air pollutant is carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is considered a primary pollutant due to its presence in the atmosphere but it does become toxic when increase releases cause it to rise about its natural concentrations. The increase levels of carbon dioxide is a major contributor to the greenhouse effect. The sources of primary pollutants are called mobile sources these include trucks and cars. Other sources of pollutants are known as stationary or industry which includes industrial sites or power plants, etc. The most prevelant...
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...Air and Water Pollution ENV/100 Ivan Gonzalez February 2, 2015 Mary Frances In the United States there are six common air pollutants and can be very harmful to peoples health. These six air pollutants are: ozone, particulate matter, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxides, sulfur dioxides, and lead. These pollutants can cause serious damages people’s health, waterways, plants, and global warming. Ozone is a secondary pollutant because when there are to primary pollutants that have to react to sunlight. Breathing ozone can trigger a variety of health problems, particularly for children, the elderly, and people of all ages who have lung diseases such as asthma. Ground level ozone can also have harmful effects on sensitive vegetation and ecosystems (“Ground Level”. 2014). Nitrogen dioxides are pollutant that comes from vehicles and burn fossil fuel into the atmosphere. Nitrogen dioxide is a secondary pollutant like ozone. The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 established a goal of a 60 percent reduction in nitrogen oxide emissions in passenger cars by the year 2003. Usually, all polluters must comply with the same rules and regulations, regardless of their particular circumstances (Wiley, 2014). Majority of air contamination results from human activities like combustion of fossil fuels, industrial procedures and automobiles. Of the hazardous chemicals released in the air by all this combustion include carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, and minute solid...
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...Air and Water Pollution Jennilee Stieber ENV/100 February 24th, 2014 Jennifer Lake Air and Water Pollution Air and water are a necessity for all living things. There are naturally occurring and man based pollutants that effect the air that we breathe and the water we drink. Pollution is changing the world we live in, and understanding our pollutants helps us come to a better solutions and a future for our environment. Carbon oxides are air pollutants that are the gasses carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide. Both are colorless, odorless, tasteless, and are considered primary pollutants (Berg & Hager, 2009). Primary pollutants are emitted into the air directly by the sources. Carbon monoxide’s main source is vehicle exhaust, and other sources include from incomplete combustion. Carbon dioxide is released naturally through volcano eruptions and respiration. Some human activities that contribute to the production of carbon dioxide are deforestation and the burning of fossil fuels, such as oil and coal ("Global Climate Change", 2014). Carbon dioxide contributes to global warming by trapping in the heat from the sun in the troposphere and stratosphere, which leads to the whole Earth warming up. Carbon monoxide spreads in the troposphere, prevents other polluting gases to be release from the atmosphere and contributes to smog (2014). Particle matter is an air pollutant that consists of dust particles, lead, and sulfuric acid. There are solid and liquid particles...
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...Air and Water Pollution Paper Deleta Johnson ENV/100 September 3, 2013 Dr. Willie Frazier Pollution is the contamination of substances so that they are unfit for an intended use. Waste materials from people, animals, and industries pollute water. Air can become polluted from smoke and dust and from automobile exhaust gases. This paper will be discussing two types of water and air pollutants and analyze their effect on the environment and human life. Air pollution occurs when wastes dirty the air. Nitrogen Oxide and Carbon Oxide is two of the air pollutants that have problems with pollution in society today. These two air pollutants fall in the category of primary pollutants. I believe that these two pollutants are primary pollutants because when nitrogen oxide is inhaled by individuals it can cause serious health problems such as asthma. Nitrogen oxide is let out and exposed into the air it can harm the growth of the plants and crops. As a result the farmers lose quantities of food that are being grown. Carbon oxide is an odorless, colorless, and tasteless gas. Human beings and animals inhale oxygen and exhale the carbon dioxide that is produced by oxidizing food in their bodies. “Green plants take carbon dioxide from the air and give off oxygen when light shines on them. In the light, plants combine carbon dioxide with water to make food.” (Sorensen,2013) Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, and extremely poisonous gas. Because it has no odor or color...
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...Atmospheric Issues Ramrit Rai ENV/100 September 9, 2015 Professor Suman Ghosh Atmospheric Issues There is an opening for a new business in the City of Sparksville. There are three businesses that are trying to land the opportunity of opening a business in the city. The first is a distribution warehouse, a hybrid car factory and an oil refinery. Each of these businesses has its pros and cons that will affect the city in different ways. Impact on Pollution One of the major effects that a new business in the city can have is on the environment. There is a possibility of an increase in pollution of the waters and air of the city. Bringing in a distribution warehouse would have the least amount of impact on the city in terms pollution but the increased amount of trucks for the shipping would cause an increase in the emissions which in turn would affect the air quality in the city. The amount of jobs this business would bring to the city is not a proper recompense for the increased pollution. The hybrid car factory is a choice that would balance the pollution caused with the increased amount of jobs and the bump in the economy of the city. The car factory has the ability to sustain the economy for the future and not just for the present. The oil refinery while it brings the most jobs to the city will have the largest adverse effect on the environment of the city. An oil refinery is the most controversial business that we can bring into the city. Impact on the Population ...
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...Air and Water Pollution Dimetrious Jones ENV/100 October 24, 2012 Katherine Fiegel Air and Water Pollution The two major elements that are essential to the survival of any living organism are clean water and air. Pollution is a major threat to these elements which in turn has made water and air pollution serious problems that are endangering the lives of people worldwide. Pollution is caused by contaminants being introduced into an environment which have very harmful effects on the environment as a whole. Most of the pollution that ends up in the environment is a result of human actions, but there are some instances were pollution is caused by natural disasters. Pollution can have a very devastating effect on virtually every living organism within any environment that has become contaminated with pollutants. Primary and Secondary Air Pollutants Most forms of air pollutants fall into two major categories which are primary and secondary. Primary air pollutants are those that are emitted directly form a source, this could be the smoke from the exhaust pipe of a car or the gases emitted from the burning of coal (www.greenfacts.org). Secondary air pollutants are those that are not emitted directly but are formed by the interaction of primary pollutants with the atmosphere (www.greenfacts.org). Sulphur dioxide (S02) is a primary air pollutant that occurs most often when coal is burned in thermal energy plants. Sulphur dioxide is one form of air pollution among...
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...Air and Water Pollutions Andrew Binder ENV/100 March 17th, 2014 Barbara Plourde Air and Water Pollutions Skin rashes, eye and throat irritation, emphysema, typhoid fever, and cancer are a few health issues that have been connected to water and air pollution. Pollution is defined as the releasing of harmful products or substances into the environment (Webster Dictionary, 2013). Pollution causes negative changes in the environment that effect plant and animal life, sources of water, and the ozone layer. Nitrogen oxide and nitrogen dioxide are two types of air pollutants. Pesticides and waste run- off from factories, refineries, and waste treatment facilities are two types of water pollutants. Primary and Secondary Air Pollutants There are two types of air pollutants primary and secondary. Gas and other hydrocarbon fuels in combustible engines produce primary pollutants like nitrogen oxide (Pearson- Education, 2014). When there is sunlight, nitrogen oxide combines with hydrocarbons. When they combine they form secondary pollutants, (Pearson- Education, 2014). Nitrogen oxide also reacts to oxygen to form a secondary pollutant called nitrogen dioxide. Nitrogen dioxide colors the air and blends with other chemicals and atmospheric water vapors to create smog. Primary air pollutants enter the atmosphere directly through natural processes or human activities (Berg & Hager, 2009). Nitrogen oxide enters directly into the atmosphere from combustible engines it is considered...
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...ENV/100 Week One Individual Assignment Environmental Fundamentals Paper Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you discuss the fundamental principles of environment science. In your paper, answer the following questions: • How do you define environmental science? Environmental science is the study of how humans interact with the environment. Environmental science is the study of the interaction of the living and non-living components of the environment with special emphasis on the impact of humans on these components. Environmental science is a very dynamic area of research and involves many different fields of study. (Hartwick College, 2013) These other study areas include biology, ecology, geology, chemistry, physic, engineering, math, computer science and other sciences that work together to keep the world moving forward. • How does the relationship between science and technology affect environmental problems and solutions in today's society? Science and technology have been and will be ways to study the environment and the issues that are occurring including climate change, pollution and the reduction in natural resources. Over the past thirty years scientist have studied air pollution and how it is affect the environment which has led to new technology to monitor air quality. Also science and technology have developed new engines and manufacturing plants that reduce pollution back into the environment. Automobiles produce lower volumes of carbon dioxide then...
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...| Environmental Fundamentals | | | | 11/3/2012 | ENV/100 | How do you define environmental science? Environmental science study’s how different elements of the environment interact. Those elements include biological, chemical and physical. Additionally, environmental science includes various aspects of biology, chemistry, economics, hydrology, physics, law, and other sciences that examine climate change, conservation principles, ground-waters, soil contamination, and noise pollution. It is clear to see environmental science covers a large spectrum and those who work in environmental science, generally specialize in one area such as waste management. How does the relationship between science and technology affect environmental problems and solutions in today’s society? Science and technology offers society a chance to look at issue in depth and come up with answer to those problems or areas of improvement. Since the industrial revolution science is the reason for making progress in society to include energy, and information and communication. Our society has greatly improved because of science and technology and it is no doubt that society has grown with the help of science and technology. Modes of transport benefit our society, and greatly help getting from point A to point B. The invention of the telephone and radio without a doubt has broadened human communication, and saved thousands of lives. Without science society would be stuck in the dark...
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...Principles of Environmental Science Pamela Ram Bharwani ENV/100 07/08/2013 Angila Romious principles of environmental science Study shows that Environmental science is how different element of the environment interact; which is the chemical, biological, and the physical'. it has three main fundamental sets of component which is physical ( energy of something), chemical ( substance, man-made or natural), biological ( living things). Various aspects of physics , biology, hydrology, chemistry , economics, other social sciences and law and topical environmental issues like climate change, soil contamination, conservation, ozone depletion, groundwater, use of natural resources, waste management, air and noise pollution , encompasses within environmental science. it's a research involving air, soil, food and water to better understand the environment and protect it. it's a work that basically performs in a private, governmental and public organization monitoring waste disposal, it include technical proposals and writing risk assessment . The relationship between science and technology affect environmental problems and solutions in today’s society in a lot of different ways. It usually goes like this: Someone uses the power of science to create a very nice thing that causes unintended environmental problems, for example: a car. If enough or a lot of people care about that problem, then again someone will use the power of science, to make something to fix or reduce...
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...Environmental Fundamentals ENV/100 Environmental Fundamentals The fundamental principles of environmental science will be discussed in this paper and the definition of environmental science along with the elements and principles related to it will be addressed. The concept of environmental sustainability and the historic patterns surrounding will be describe, along with human values and how it affects the challenges in society. Examples of environmental hazards and how they affect the health of humans will also be provided. There are many environmental issues facing the world today. To try to understand how the natural world functions is not an easy concept to comprehend and definitely not an easy responsibility to put on society. This is why it is important to know and recognize the significance of environmental science. Environmental science is the interdisciplinary study of humanity’s relationship with other organisms and the nonliving physical environment. As human population continues to reproduce, as technology progresses and the wants and needs of humans multiply, society’s impacts on the world become harsher, despite the improvement in some areas. Environmental impacts can affect the health of humans and a human’s wellbeing. After reviewing research on the environment, environmental hazards directly affect human health. One major environmental hazard to human health is pesticides. These pesticides...
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...Gulf Oil Spill Keith Niesen ENV/100 July 22, 2013 Nash Saleh Gulf Oil Spill In 2010 America had a major disasters on its hands the BP oil spill, not only did some people die from this spill, but the oil spill contaminated the Gulf of Mexico. This was a representation of bad technology it also revealed many environmental risks that many people rather ignore. The oil spill also sparked huge outrage as to why this happened and what we must do to prevent another disaster like this. How can we change the way we drill oil and not affect our precious ecosystems and ruin wildlife or are ocean. What is some of the new technology we are using to help with preventing another oil spill from happening? After the oil rig explosion many pollutants were introduced into the air and water. Many of these pollutants were smoke and or hydrocarbon fumes. The water pollutants was the oil and natural gas that was constantly gushing out of the well. The primary pollutants are the smoke and hydrocarbon because they are pollutants that are directly being emitted into the air from a source. There are many concerns with air pollution and scientist have found many chemicals such as alkyl nitrates, methane, hexane and butane compounds the can irritate and burn skin and the eyes and can cause dizziness as well. With all of these samples that have been collected they have not shown levels above government safety regulations (Roosevelt, 2013). Oil pollution we know is dangerous for the environment our ocean...
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...Environmental Fundamentals ENV 100 September 9, 2013 Environmental Fundamentals For a number of years, the planet and its environment have strived to meet the demands of the increasing growth in populations, global warming, and altered habitats, which has produced a global impact on the sense of balance between nature and man. The struggles amongst the environment do not affect one group of individuals or living entity; the whole planets population is concerned by environmental troubles. Each living entity on the planet may affect the environment. In order for individuals to preserve the planet, assistant in resolving environmental problems, and attain sustainability of the planet as it grows, a person should know the fundamental principles of environmental science. Environmental science may be described as the study of human connections with the environment. It is the interdisciplinary subject that blends knowledge from several disciplines such as geography, biology, chemistry, physics, geology, economics, cultural anthropology, sociology (particularly demography, the study of populations), natural resource management, engineering, agriculture, law, ethics, and politics (Berg & Hager, 2009, p1.4). Science and Technology effect the Environment Science and technology affect environmental challenges and resolutions in today’s culture. Science and technology both support humanity by assisting in the advancement of new innovations for surviving, but likewise...
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...Running head: ENVIROMENTAL SCIENCE Environmental Science Star Heard ENV/100 July 14, 2012 Professor Restrepo Environmental Science When I hear Environmental Science I think of how science plays a role in the environment but the proper definition is Environmental Science is an interdisciplinary field that combines information from many disciplines, such as biology, geography, chemistry, geology, physics, economics, sociology (particularly demography, the study of populations), cultural anthropology, natural resource management, agriculture, engineering, law, politics, and ethics Berg and Hager (2009). Environmental Science is all about understanding the environment, how it works and how to protect it in the future. Science and technology has affected the environment for the good and bad. One thing that has been good for the environment is hybrid cars because it cuts out the toxins that other vehicles give off which is a whole lot better for the environment. Environmental sustainability is very important because we need to know the changes the environment goes and make changes where need be. I feel like this should be studied because the world is changing everyday and it is an important to know what’s going on. Air pollution is getting worse and by having somebody studying this they can find a solution and help improve air pollution. Mankind impact on Earth has really affected the way the world is today, this wasn’t internal but sometimes with technology there is a positive...
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...The Clean Air Act James Huckabone ENV/320 9/10/2012 Siroos Mostaghimi The Clean Air Act The Clean Air Act was established in 1970 when the United States government decided to a more drastic role in protecting the countries air from unwanted pollution. There were a few amendments to the Clean Air Act in the following years to come, one being in the year 1977 and the other coming in 1990. Although having control over pollution did not just start in 1970 the United States Government stated with a clean act in 1955 which started paving the way for today’s Clean Air Act.(EPA) In the year of 1955 the United States enacted the first pollution control act this act was called the Pollution Control Act of 1955. This act was the first federal regulation for air pollution and the Pollution Act of 1955 also gave funding to help find the main sources of air pollution that was contaminating the air. Before the federal government enacted this act there were several state and local regulations to help with pollution control.(Encyclopedia of Earth) Next came the Air Quality act of 1963, The Air Quality Act of 1963 was an act that authorized a national program to address pollution related environmental problems.(EPA) The act also helped expand research into air quality. One of largest benefits to the Air Quality Act of 1963 was the control of automobile emissions. The controlling of automobile emissions came through an amendment to the Air Quality Act of 1963. This amendment...
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