How bad is air pollution for environment
                     
How bad is air pollution for environment?



How bad is air 
pollution for 

environment?

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What Is Air Pollution?

Air pollution :

Release of pollutants in the air that 
are dangerous to human health and 
the whole Earth.

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Causes of Air Pollution

Burning fossil fuels releases gases and 
chemicals into the air. Air pollution not 
only contributes to climate change but is 
destroys the environment. Air pollution 
is basically a form of carbon dioxide 
and methane which raises the earth’s 
temperature.

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Bad Effects of 
Air Pollution on Environment


Acid Rain
Eutrophication
Greenhouse gases Effects
Haze
Destruction of Agriculture and Forests
Global Warming
Ozone Depletion

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Acid Rain

Acids are formed by oxides and sulphur oxides 
released in the atmosphere when fossil fuels are 
burned. These acids fall to the Earth inform of 
(rain, snow, or fog).

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Eutrophication is happening in air and dangerous 
for water bodies. Nitrogen stimulate blooms of 
algae which kills fish and results as loss of plant 
and animal diversity. 

Eutrophication


Greenhouse gases Effects

By trapping the earth’s heat in the atmosphere, 
greenhouse gases lead to warmer temperatures 
and all the hallmarks of climate change: rising 
sea levels, more extreme weather, heat-related 
deaths, and increasing transmission of infectious 
diseases like Lyme. 

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Haze

Haze is caused when sunlight combines 

with the tiny pollution particles in the air. 

Haze covers the clarity, colour, texture, 

and form of what we see.

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Destruction of 

Agriculture and Forests

Air pollution can damage our crops and forests, 

contaminating and destroying the food supply. It 

also slows the growth of forests and even causes 

some trees to die.

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Global Warming

Whole earth ecosystem is affected by Air 

pollution. Global warming is the result of 

carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and it 

traps heat in the earth's environment.

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Ozone Depletion

There are a number of chemicals released in 

the air example chlorofluorocarbons.

These Chemicals are the reason for depletion of 

ozone layer. Its very harmful as ultraviolet 

radiation to reach the earth due to depletion of 

Ozone layer.

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