Visualizing Environmental Science

202 CHAPTER 8 Air and Air Pollution How Weather and Topography Affect Air Pollution Changes in temperature throughout the day pr ...

196 CHAPTER 8 Air and Air Pollution Types and Sources of Air Pollution LEARNING OBJECTIVES Define air pollution and distinguish ...

Effects of Air Pollution 203 © Frank Lukasseck/Corbis For several years, climate scientists have noticed that mountainous areas ...

Types and Sources of Air Pollution 197 and damage stone and other materials. Sulfuric acid and other sulfur oxides damage plants ...

Justin Lambert/The Image Bank/Getty Image of mountains (the side toward which the wind blows) are prime candidates for temperatu ...

198 CHAPTER 8 Air and Air Pollution Sam Abell/NG Image Collection who live and work around chemical factories, incinerators, or ...

Effects of Air Pollution 205 Dust dome Rural City Rural Wind direction Pollution plume a. A dust dome of pollutants forms over a ...

1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 Year Mount Pinatubo erupts, June 1991 Global average temperature (°C) 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14. ...

206 CHAPTER 8 Air and Air Pollution Clean gas out Electrode (negative charge) Dust falls off wall into collector Dirty gas (smok ...

200 CHAPTER 8 Air and Air Pollution Miscellaneous 10% Transportation 57% Industrial processes 12% Fuel combustion (electric powe ...

Controlling Air Pollutants 207 The Clean Air Act of 1970 and its amendments in 1977 and 1990 required progressively stricter con ...

Effects of Air Pollution 201 breathlessness and wheezy breathing. Chronic bronchitis is a disease in which the air passages (bro ...

208 CHAPTER 8 Air and Air Pollution George Steinmetz/NG Image Collection NG Maps Global Locator CHINA technologies are adopted b ...

202 CHAPTER 8 Air and Air Pollution How Weather and Topography Affect Air Pollution Changes in temperature throughout the day pr ...

Indoor Air Pollution 209 than the level considered at-risk in the United States. Lead can retard children’s growth and cause bra ...

Effects of Air Pollution 203 © Frank Lukasseck/Corbis For several years, climate scientists have noticed that mountainous areas ...

210 CHAPTER 8 Air and Air Pollution Priti Bhatt/Flickr / Getty Images total annual cost to the economy may be as much as $50 bil ...

Justin Lambert/The Image Bank/Getty Image of mountains (the side toward which the wind blows) are prime candidates for temperatu ...

Indoor Air Pollution 211 Figure 8.19 summarizes many possible sources of air pollution in homes. What are some common indoor ai ...

Effects of Air Pollution 205 Dust dome Rural City Rural Wind direction Pollution plume a. A dust dome of pollutants forms over a ...