Which is followed by carbon dioxide,which is a gas causing green-house effect, so its emission into the stratosphere is likely to lead to the temperature increase. ... Such gases as sulfur dioxide and hydrogen chloride are poisonous and can harm eyes, mucus and the respiratory system. If carbon dioxide, is emitted in big amounts and gathered in places with little ventilation, can lead to asphyxiation and death. Carbon dioxide in soil also harms plants. ... Carbon dioxide condensed in the atmosphere can increase the green-house effect and consequently increase the average temperature. ...

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Fossil fuels are organic carbon compounds that are natural sources of energy. ... Fossil fuels are also stable due to their constituent molecules - carbon and hydrogen. ... Burning coal for instance releases harmful pollutants such as carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide that contribute to global warming (greenhouse effect) and acid rain. ... "Many scientists feel that the greenhouse effect is part of a more serious and pervasive problem: the destruction of our fossilized supply of important chemical raw materials associated with the carbon dioxide production problem is the highly visible a...

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Carbon dioxide, which is emitted largely by combustion of fossil fuels, is the most influential human-made greenhouse gas. ... If emissions of carbon dioxide were halted today, it would take more than a century for the atmospheric level of carbon dioxide to approach its pre-industrial level. ... They feel that there is not sufficient evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, or any greenhouse gas, will have a devastating impact on the global climate. ...

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The immense amounts of sulphur dioxide emitted into the air causes high levels of acid in the atmosphere. ... As with sulphur dioxide in rain, mercury is also discharged into the water. ... Acidic soil causes the carbon dioxide respiration process to decelerate. In order for plants to perform photosynthesis, they require carbon dioxide. ... The acid rain corrodes the thin, waxy layer, which coats and protects the leaves which in turn blocks the absorption of carbon dioxide and "suffocates" the leaves. ...

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It was also found that cars were the main producer of the harmful chemicals, carbon monoxide or CO (91%) and nitric oxide or NO (82%). ... Carbon monoxide is the result of incomplete combustion of carbon containing materials, found in motor vehicles. It has the ability to react with other naturally occurring gasses in the atmosphere to form the most commonly known greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. The greenhouse effect is the term referring to the suns heat being trapped within our atmosphere by being absorbed by greenhouse gasses just like carbon dioxide. ... Estimates show that for just one per...

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The immense amounts of sulphur dioxide emitted into the air causes high levels of acid in the atmosphere. ... As with sulphur dioxide in rain, mercury is also discharged into the water. ... An inordinate amount of sulphur dioxide is let into the air, more than can be neutralized by nutrients in the air. ... Acid in the soil in causing the carbon dioxide respiration process to decelerate. In order for plants to go through photosynthesis, they need carbon dioxide. ...

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Still far from perfect, the process of controlled explosion produces various harmful emissions "most notably Hydrocarbons, Carbon monoxide, and Nitrogen Oxides. ... A colorless, odorless, gas, Carbon Monoxide reduces the flow of oxygen in the bloodstream and hinders mental functions and visual perception. ... In theory, the internal combustion engine should burn fuel perfectly producing nothing but water vapor and carbon dioxide and operating under the rules of stoichiometry, the ideal ratio for any reaction to occur. If this were the case, Hydrocarbons, Carbon Monoxide, and Nitrogen Oxid...

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Carbon monoxide (co) is produced by incomplete burning of carbon based fuel like wood. Carbon dioxide (co2) is the principle greenhouse gas emitted as a result of human activity. ... Finally Sulphur dioxide (so2) is a gas produced by burning coal that may cause lung diseases (2&3). ...

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Each of the international governments need to keep track of their own carbon emissions so scientist can focus on the threat of climate change. ... In Rio carbon dioxide climbed 9 percent from the year before. ...

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"By far the most common cause of acid rain is sulphur dioxide, which is believed to cause 70 percent of acid rain, with various oxides of Nitrogen (NOX) causing the remaining 30 percent"(4). ... This study explains that Congress had made amendments to the Clean Air Act in 1990, that was supposed to cut the sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions in half in coal-fired power plants and other industries(2). ... By reacting sulfur dioxide with calcium oxide to form calcium sulfite is a way of preventing escape of sulfur dioxide form industrial operations. ... Calcium Carbonate can also react w...

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Unpolluted rainfall is slightly acidic, with a natural pH of about 5, due to naturally occurring constituents of the atmosphere, such as carbon dioxide, but acid rain has a pH of about 4. ... Since passage (1970) of the Clean Air Act, U.S. emissions of sulfur dioxide have been reduced substantially, due to the burning of low-sulfur oil and coal, installation of costly scrubbers in smokestacks (see smoke) and electric plants, use of pollution controls by metal processors, reduction of diesel-fuel sulfur contents, and the installation of catalytic converters to clean automobile exhausts. ...

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The maintenance of essential ecological processes (which rain from the global cycles of nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and water to the localized regeneration of soil, recycling of nutrients and cleansing of waters and air) and life support systems, such as agricultural systems, coastal and fresh water systems, and forests. 2. ...

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"World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, 2002" quoted as "Rio +10" has outlined many options for action. But in the first instance, six areas of concern are of prime importance. Together with climate change, freshwater, deforestation, poverty and biodiversity, world population growth ...

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While in the process of burning oxygen combines with nitrogen, carbon and sulfur to form hazardous oxides omitted into the air (Blair 150). ... In the United States power plants are responsible for 70% of the sulfur dioxide pollution (Encarta). ...

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The "Trade" creates a market for carbon allowance. ... The reason why Cap and Trade came to be, was due to the problems in 1980, when plants were sending up clouds of sulfur dioxide, and was coming back to Earth in the form of acid rain. ...

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