Air Pollution

Air pollution is everywhere. Pollution is the unwanted introduction of substances that harm or destroy the atmosphere and our environment. Air pollution is destroying the ozone that protects us from the harmful rays of the sun. Air pollution comes from natural as well as human actions. The burning of fossil fuels like natural gas, coal, and oil produce carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, and particulates. Air pollution can also come from natural …

…States produces 35% of the world's green house gasses. Russia is the worlds second larges producer, 17% of the gasses comes from Russia. Air Pollution is bad and the problem needs to be fixed. If we do not try to fix or reduce the pollution we could end up destroying everything in the atmosphere. References: 1. "Air Pollution," Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2004 http://encarta.msn.com © 1997-2004 Microsoft Corporation.