Visualizing Environmental Science

212 CHAPTER 8 Air and Air Pollution 0 50 100 150 200 250 Particulate matter (parts per million) Year 1969 1971 1973 1975 1977 19 ...

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

© Stefan Jannides/redbrickstock.com/Alamy Summary 213 air pollutant in the lower atmosphere (troposphere) but an essential part ...

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

214 CHAPTER 8 Air and Air Pollution Sean White/Design Pics/Perspectives/Getty Images NG Maps Global Locator NEPAL 5 Indoor Air P ...

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

Critical and Creative Thinking Questions 215 Critical and Creative Thinking Questions What two gases comprise most of the atmos ...

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

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 ...

9 C. L. Andrews/National Geographic Stock Global Atmospheric Changes MELTING ICE AND RISING SEA LEVELS P owerful evidence that E ...

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

217 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 Cumulative mean thickness change (meters) 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 Molnia, Bruce F. ...

212 CHAPTER 8 Air and Air Pollution 0 50 100 150 200 250 Particulate matter (parts per million) Year 1969 1971 1973 1975 1977 19 ...

The Atmosphere and Climate LEARNING OBJECTIVES However, only two of these factors change over years or decades: solar intensity ...

© Stefan Jannides/redbrickstock.com/Alamy Summary 213 air pollutant in the lower atmosphere (troposphere) but an essential part ...

PROCESS DIAGRAM many kinds of organisms on Earth are here in part be- cause of the large number of different climates—from cold, ...

214 CHAPTER 8 Air and Air Pollution Sean White/Design Pics/Perspectives/Getty Images NG Maps Global Locator NEPAL 5 Indoor Air P ...

220 CHAPTER 9 Global Atmospheric Changes Light strikes vertically Light strikes at an angle Small area of illumination Larger ar ...

Critical and Creative Thinking Questions 215 Critical and Creative Thinking Questions What two gases comprise most of the atmos ...

The Atmosphere and Climate 221 Windward side Leeward sidew Moist air Dry air Rain shadow desert © Michael T. Sedam/CORBIS a. A r ...