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Air Pollution In Asia

Air Pollution In Asia. Causes of Air Pollution in Asia. 1. Power plants create electricity using coal. Power plants use coal…. Coal is the number once source of air pollution in China. China gets 80 percent of electricity and 70 percent its total energy from coal.

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Air Pollution In Asia

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  1. Air Pollution In Asia

  2. Causes of Air Pollution in Asia 1. Power plants create electricity using coal.

  3. Power plants use coal… • Coal is the number once source of air pollution in China. China gets 80 percent of electricity and 70 percent its total energy from coal. • Around six million tons of coal is burned everyday to power factories, heat homes and cook meals.

  4. Coal Mine

  5. Coal Miners

  6. Burning coal produces a thick, dark smoke.

  7. Coal is burned in most rural Chinese villages for cooking. Round coal bricks

  8. Causes of Air Pollution in Asia…continued 2. Manufacturing factories produce chemical gases that are emitted through smoke stacks into the air.

  9. The taller the smokestack is, the better it is for the local people, but the worse it is for the world’s air.

  10. Causes of Air Pollution in Asia…continued 3. Automobile emissions are growing as more Asians are able to afford cars.

  11. There are no emissions tests for the cars in Asia to help control air pollution.

  12. Results of air pollution… 1. Acid Rain 2. Health problems • Sometimes the air is so bad that airports have to close down because pilots can’t see.

  13. 1. Acid Rain Acid rain is rain that has collected chemicals from the air and then falls to earth, bringing those chemicals and depositing them on the earth, plants, rivers and seas, and on people.

  14. Acid Rain cycle

  15. Acid rain erodes brick and stone. Acid rain kills the leaves of trees, which causes the tree to die.

  16. The branch on the left has been damaged by acid rain.

  17. Acid rain can make lakes and rivers acidic and kills fish

  18. 2. Health problems • 750,000 Chinese die prematurely every year from air pollution-related respiratory diseases.

  19. 3. Smog is air polluted by chemicals and particles. It is most noticeable in cities. Smog makes it difficult to see and breathe. Beijing, China

  20. Beijing, China is China’s worst. • China has five of the world’s 10 most polluted cities.

  21. Sometimes the air is so bad airports have to close because pilots can’t see.

  22. Sadly, urban Chinese have learned to live with the smog…

  23. China’s smog from space…

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