Air Pollution & the Environment by Tyler Hodger
Although we all are familiar with air pollution know it very real problem that affects our environment all of us most of us tend to ignore it as if it does not exist. This is particularly easy for people who live in rural areas do not see on a daily basis its extent they do not see smog factories or millions of cars on the road polluting our air.
But air pollution is problem that cannot be ignored forever no matter how much we want to. Just smelling the exhaust of cars when standing next to a road or seeing factories pump smoke into the sky is constant reminder that there is damage which is continuously being done to the environment by our modern society.
What is air pollution Air pollution is nasty side effect of our modern society more specifically the by product of vehicles factories that release various types of gases chemicals into the atmosphere. Perhaps surprisingly the main cause of this pollution is vehicles.
Why is air pollution dangerous
1. Health reasons air pollution has been linked to numerous types of illnesses such as strokes heart issues breathing problems.
2. Global warming as everybody knows air pollution is in fact one of the major causes of global warming. In case you are not familiar with the term global warming refers to the slow increase of the temperature of Earth. Although this may not sound too bad it affecting entire ecosystems melting polar ice caps unless stopped will raise sea levels. Once that happens coastal cities such as New York London will be flooded.
3. Ozone layer the ozone layer shields us from ultraviolet radiation has been doing for millions of years. However as a result of air pollution it shrinking this causes an increase in the number of skin cancers also damages wildlife plants.
4. Acid rain the combination of rain air pollution specifically certain chemicals can cause acid rain. Acid rain has a great impact on plants animals fish also gets absorbed into soil making it toxic to numerous plants animals.
How can we fight air pollution
1. Hybrid vehicles by using hybrid vehicles we significantly reduce the air pollution which our vehicles cause since this type of vehicle produces about a fourth of the pollution of an average vehicle. If everyone started using hybrid vehicles this would have a great impact on global air pollution
2. Using green energy such as wind power solar power hydro electricity geothermal power biomass energy rather than using fossil fuels for energy would also have a large impact on air pollution.
Since air pollution only seems to be getting worse the doomsday scenario where we reach a point in which we have damaged our environment irrevocably appears to be more more likely. This is why it crucial that all of us try change our lifestyles in any way possible that is known to decrease air pollution. This is not just "the environment's" problem but our problem our descendants problem's as well.
In this author's opinion the only way to truly solve this problem is through education. Most people are aware of the dangers of air pollution the severe repercussions these hold yet many ignore them. Perhaps by educating our children from birth to live a green environmentally friendly lifestyle by teaching them of the folly of our mistakes there may still be hope for our planet ourselves.
Tyler Hodger has been researching practicing the utilization of green energy sources for many years. In this article he discussed the effects of air pollution on our environment greenplanetandme. com 2009 05 29 air pollution & the environment its dangers. to see more of his articles that describe green eco friendly issues visit his website Green Planet Me GreenPlanetAndMe. com. Air Pollution & the Environment
