Do you think air pollution affect plant life?
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Air pollution comes from many sources such as the smoke stack in a factory, car exhaust, or off gassing from paint or producing plastic. The effects of air pollution on plants are widely seen and damage all plants including our food crops and trees.
The chemicals responsible for the pollution include carbon, sulfur, and nitrogen oxides.
Plants usually show damage in a variety of ways, including visible signs of damage like necrotic lesions, stunted plant growth, or changing in color including chlorosis (aka yellowing leaves), reddening, bronzing, mottling.
Ozone holes in the atmosphere also harm plants. Holes in the upper atmosphere allow an excess ultraviolet light to pass through the atmosphere leading to plant damage. In the lower atmosphere, ozone damages plants by preventing photosynthesis and obstructing stomata, restricting respiration and stunting plant growth.
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