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Ai Pollution-Wikipedia

You can find information about air pollution on Wikipedia. Wikipedia is also a wikispace that provides free information contributed by the many members on it. If we can reach this size, we may be able to do something about the carbon dioxide building up in the atmosphere.Click on the following link to go to Wikipedia and find out more.



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Air Pollution-Youtube

This video demostrates the effects of air pollution on the environment and what it can do. It shows some general facts about air pollution and contains some pictures to show the effects of air pollution

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Air Pollution Facts

Did you know that burning one gallon (3.8l) puts 20 pounds (9kg) of carbon dioxide into the air around you? In 2006, the United States burned 388 million gallons, which is 1,468 million litres, every day, putting nearly 8 billion pounds, which is 3.5 billion kg, of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere daily. The amount of gasoline that the United States uses is more than four times of what China and Japan use daily and they have five times as much people than the United States.

The Carbon Cycle

Carbon doesn't stay in one place. It moves through the air, water, soil, plants, and animals, bonding with many different molecules. The carbon cycle is the path that carbon takes as it ciculates throughout the planet and the atmosphere.

Carbon is released into the atmosphere when animals breathe and when plants and animals decay. Volcanoes also release carbon. The carbon gets sucked out of the atmosphere when plants use it to photosynthesize sunlight or the ocean and rocks absorb it.

Ideally, carbon moves into each of these areas at the same rate as it moves out. However, extra carbon is released into the atmosphere every time fossil fuels are burned. As we use more and more fossil fuels, more and more carbon (in the form of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide) is getting trapped in the atmosphere. There aren't enough plants, oceans, and rocks to absorb all this extra carbon.

One way to counteract this buildup of carbon is to create a carbon sink. A carbon sink uses the carbon cycle to get rid of excess carbon in the atmosphere. Trees are the most efficent carbon sink. Peoples, organizations, and towns calculate how much carbon they put into the atmosphere. Then they figure out how many trees they need to plant to soak it up. Cities in the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada have begun planting trees to create carbon sinks.

Biblography: Save the Earth Science Experiments by Elizabeth Snoke Harris

Air Pollution-Game

These games help a average student's information on air pollution. Go to the website below to play and learn.

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Air Pollution-Site

Go to this site for more information on air pollution. Yo will learn of its effects, causes and much more.

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