[ENSC 13300] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (25 pages long!)

• School: University of Chicago
• Department: Environmental Science
• Course: ENSC 13300
• Professor: Bevington David

Document Summary

Effects of air pollution: respiratory and heart problems: the effects of air pollution are alarming. They are known to create several respiratory and heart conditions along with cancer, among other threats to the body. Several millions are known to have died due to direct or indirect effects of air pollution. Children in areas exposed to air pollutants are said to commonly suffer from pneumonia and asthma: global warming: another direct effect is the immediate alterations that the world is witnessing due to global warming. When it rains, the water droplets combines with these air pollutants, becomes acidic and then falls on the ground in the form of acid rain. The green colored algae that is present on lakes and ponds is due to presence of this chemical only: effect on wildlife: just like humans, animals also face some devastating affects of air pollution.