consequences of air pollution
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The polluted air, floating on the surface of the earth, is carried away by wind and rain. Clouds and high temperatures also help to disperse pollution to reach very great distances from its point of origin.
Air pollution has a major impact on theprocess of plant evolution by preventing photosynthesis in many cases, with serious consequences on the purification of the air we breathe.
The accumulationof gases in the atmosphere also generates environmental problems with sadly known consequences : acid rain, depletion of the ozone layer, global warming, the greenhouse effect, etc. The concentration of these gases in the atmosphere, mainly dioxide Of carbon, increases on average by 1% per year. This phenomenon is due to the properties of certain gases (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone and chlorofluorocarbons) to trap heat from the sun in the atmosphere, preventing it from returning to space after being reflected by Earth.
Air pollution contributes to the formation of acid rain, atmospheric precipitation in the form of rain, frost, snow or fog, which are released during combustion of fossil fuels and transformed by contact with water vapor in the atmosphere. Acid rain affects the amount of chemicals in soils and freshwater, affecting food chains.