Air Pollution: Monitoring, Modelling, Health and Control - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1681172291 ISBN 13: 9781681172293

Verlag: Scitus Academics LLC, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

Pollution is now a common place term that our ears are attuned to. We hear about the various forms of pollution and read about it through the mass media. Air pollution is one such form that refers to the contamination of the air, irrespective of indoors or outside. A physical, biological or chemical alteration to the air in the atmosphere can be termed as pollution. It occurs when any harmful gases, dust, smoke enters into the atmosphere and makes it difficult for plants, animals and humans to survive as the air becomes dirty. Air pollution has always been a trans-boundary environmental problem and a matter of global concern for past many years. Air pollution is a huge problem and not just for people living in smog-choked cities: through such things as global warming and damage to the ozone layer, it has the potential to affect us all. Sulphur dioxide emitted from the combustion of fossil fuels like coal, petroleum and other factory combustibles is one the major cause of air pollution. Pollution emitting from vehicles including trucks, jeeps, cars, trains, airplanes cause immense amount of pollution. We rely on them to fulfil our daily basic needs of transportation. But, there overuse is killing our environment as dangerous gases are polluting the environment. Carbon Monoxide caused by improper or incomplete combustion and generally emitted from vehicles is another major pollutant along with Nitrogen Oxides that is produced from both natural and man-made processes. Ammonia is a very common by product from agriculture related activities and is one of the most hazardous gases in the atmosphere. Use of insecticides, pesticides and fertilizers in agricultural activities has grown quite a lot. Manufacturing industries release large amount of carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, organic compounds, and chemicals into the air thereby depleting the quality of air.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Scitus Academics LLC
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1681172291
• ISBN 13: 9781681172293
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 310
• Herausgeber: Tennyson Corbin
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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