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Ramone Bolton

Dr. Smith

ENG 101 B240

November 30, 2017

The state of the Environment

The critical nature of climate change has made people uncomfortable and feel

despair. The people are overwhelmed by the enormity of the problem, coupled with the

lack of political will, worldwide, so they distract themselves from their fear and grief, and

get on with their everyday lives. Some of the implication are the sea level has been

rising more quickly over the last century , and precipitation (rain and snowfall ) has

increased across the globe on average. There are several problems that cause global

warming some are Deforestation, burning of fossil fuels, pollution of automobile, and

industrialization. The state of the environment has change over the past 50 years due to

the facts that human has been releasing green house gases into the atmosphere.

According to the article global warming Global warming, also referred to as

climate change, is the observed century-scale rise in the average temperature of the

Earth's climate system and its related effects. Multiple lines of scientific evidence show

that the climate system is warming. Melting of ice glacier, sea level rising, polar bear

losing their home on the ice and more lands has been submerging under water due to

the fact that the ice is melting due to the climate system is getting warming.

The Earths climate has changed over almost every conceivable timescale since

the beginning of geologic time and that the influence of human activities since at least

the beginning of the Industrial Revolution has been deeply woven into the very fabric of
climate change. (Britannica Academic). Deforestation, burning of fossil fuels, pollution of

automobile, and industrialization all of these are caused by human, the fact that human

are exploring new way to further develop out countries. In order to do so human keep

cutting down trees, creating more factories, and burning coil and releases the gases.

This cause climate changes to worsen over time due to mankind.

Greenhouse gases that have been injected into the lower atmosphere in

increasing amounts through the burning of fossil fuels for industry, transportation, and

residential. (Britannica Academic) the carbon dioxide level has rise due the burning of

fossil fuels at a very dangerous level. If this continues at these rates it is going to be

tremendous lose a large among of the planet vegetation, animal, and decreasing of the

human population. Human, animal and plants need oxygen in order to live but too much

carbon dioxide is being release in the atmosphere here by which is kill the planet and its

inhabitants.

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization , from the year1990 to 2000,

deforestation occurred at a rate of 8.87 million hectares per year and from to 2000 to

2005, over 7.32 million hectares per year. (Ed. S. George Philander) . Deforestation is

dangerous due to the fact that when multiple trees get cut down my million of species

lose the home. Most of the animal that lives on land and plants lives in the forest.

Furthermore by remove the trees it cause the soil to dry out because within the forest

the soil there is very moist and it provide the living thing in the forest with sustenance. If

trees keep getting cut down the earth temperature will rise very rapidly and without them

that area can become a barren desert wasteland.

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` According to industrializationIndustrial efficiency tended to revolve around ways

to transform various materials into finished goods in the quickest, cheapest way, with

limited regard for byproducts that may have had value if processed or reprocessed.

(Collins, Timothy). The releasing of toxins into the air, soil, and water is one of the major

reason for global temperature rising. By disposing of the byproducts wrongly can cause

a lot of issues such health issue to human, killing animal and plants and killing the

nutrients in the soil. Because if a human, or animal, or plant drinks polluted water or

inhale polluted air can cause them to get sick or die. In fact, industrialization pollution

helps to destroy his ozone which let in the UV ray from the sun and help to increase

global temperature.

Greenhouses release a gas known as carbon dioxide which is one of the main

pollutant warming the planet. Even though we breathe out carbon dioxide, carbon

dioxide is considered to be a pollutant when it is emission from power plant, cars, and

other manmade invention when they burn gasoline and natural gases. These activates

has released a lot of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere that has increased the carbon

dioxide leave over the past couple century.

Water pollution has been a contributor to health problems in humans and

aquatic life. This has a large impact on our lives, and if human keeps disposing of

byproducts into drains, and into our water supplies, and then we can worry about

improving marine lives and our own health.

Meanwhile, other researchers, especially in Europe, were beginning to research the

impacts of what are now called greenhouse gases on climate.

 Coal, petroleum, and natural gas are known as fossil fuels, which are formed

over millions of years by anaerobic decomposition of dead and decaying organic matter.

On burning, the compounds of carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur present in fossil fuels, react

with air to form gaseous oxides. Fast expanding industries, transportation, and power

generation sectors are the biggest consumers of fossil fuels and hence are the major

sources of pollution.

The gases released by burning fossil fuels, if inhaled, can cause dysfunction of

various organs of living beings or may cause death. Present solid-state gas sensors like

metal oxide sensors are used since last few decades for the detection of toxic gases,

however, their use have been limited due to higher opSmoke released by burning fossil

fuels contain carbon, nitrogen and sulfur which react with atmospheric oxygen to form

their monoxides and dioxides (CO, CO2, NO, NO2 and SO2) and when these gases

come in contact with water vapors produce acids. Chemical interactions of gases,

released by burning fossil fuels, with carbon nanotubes and their effects on the

resistance of nanotubes are discussed in the following sub-sections.erating

temperature, power requirements, and selectivity issues.

Carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide are the major environmental pollutants.

Presence of relatively large concentration of carbon monoxide in atmosphere results in

the formation of photochemical smog and ground level ozone on interaction with

moisture, nitrogen oxide and aldehydes like acetaldehyde.

Indoor air pollution and poor urban air quality are listed as two of the world's

worst toxic pollution problems in the 2008 Blacksmith Institute World's Worst Polluted

Places report.[1] According to the 2014 World Health Organization report, air pollution in
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2012 caused the deaths of around 7 million people worldwide,[2] an estimate roughly

echoed by one from the International Energy Agency.

The particulates of most concern with regard to their effects on human health are

solids less than 10 m in diameter, because they can be inhaled deep into the lungs

and become trapped in the lower respiratory system. Major sources of particulate

emissions include fossil-fuel power plants, manufacturing processes, fossil-fuel

residential heating systems, and gasoline-powered vehicles.

Carbon monoxide is an odourless, invisible gas formed as a result of incomplete

combustion. Power plants emit relatively little carbon monoxide because they are

carefully designed and operated to maximize combustion efficiency. Exposure to carbon

monoxide can be acutely harmful since it readily displaces oxygen in the bloodstream,

leading to asphyxiation at high enough concentrations and exposure times.

A colourless gas with a sharp, choking odour, sulfur dioxide is formed during the

combustion of coal or oil that contains sulfur as an impurity. It also reacts with oxygen

and water vapour in the air, forming a mist of sulfuric acid that reaches the ground as a

component of acid rain. Acid rain is believed to have harmed or destroyed fish and plant

life in many thousands of lakes and streams in parts of Europe, the northeastern United

States, southeastern Canada, and parts of China.

The state of the environment has worsen over the last 50 years, due to the

causes of cause global warming some are Deforestation, burning of fossil fuels,

pollution of automobile, and Industrialization.

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Keywords: Carbon nanotubes; Gas sensors; Fossil fuels; Carbon monoxide;

Nitrogen dioxide; Sulfur dioxide

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