It provides us with many benefits, including producing goods such as timber and paper and mitigating climate change by consuming carbon dioxide. ... It is also a major contributor towards global warming as it distributes carbon in to the environment. ... The main priority of a forest is to help relocate the location of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emission, however they become a source the carbon itself when they removed (cut, burn etc.). ... Air pollution consist of gases such carbon monoxide, lead, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide. ... Causes Factories and Mining Industries...

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One effective measure for this issue is to encourage the use of public transportation because it really helps to significantly reduce the carbon emissions and decreasing the possibilities of noise. ... For example; riding bicycles is really doing a great job in reducing carbon dioxide emissions. ...

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These gases are usually carbon monoxide, organic compounds and other toxic chemicals that destroy the atmosphere. Burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil, natural gas and gasoline produces carbon dioxide that is harmful for the atmosphere. Vehicles that run on gasoline produce dangerous gases such as carbon monoxide, oxides of nitrogen, hydro carbons and particulates. ... It has come to be known that the major increase in temperature over the years is a result of the industrial revolution, when new machines and other devices came to life the carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere increased. ...

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Half a century ago the metropolitan area of Mexico City had a population of less than three million people. Mexico City serves as the nation capital of Mexico, but beyond that, it also serves as the industrial and financial heart of the country as well. By the year 2000, the city had grown from a po...

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Coal accounts for 90% of China's sulfur dioxide emissions. ... Even though China's ecological footprint is still the largest in the world, China is continuously trying to reduce its footprint by spending more and more money each year in order to reduce their carbon emissions. ...

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Deforestation causes numerous problems for the environment: "it leads to irreversible loss of productive land, soil erosion, more flooding and landslips, increased sedimentation of waterways, changes in rainfall patterns, loss of carbon dioxide "sinks" plus additions of this greenhouse gas when woodlands are burned, destruction of tribal peoples and catastrophic blow to biodiversity." ...

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