Air Pollution

Air Pollution

Figure 1: Air Pollution Detectives

Hi, My name is Sally and this is my partner Tim and we are detectives!! Tim and I aren't just your old regular detectives, but we are AIR POLLUTION DETECTIVES! Have you ever wondered what can cause the temperature around us to change? Or how riding in a school bus can cause the air we breathe to become harmful? Air pollution is a toxic chemical that is released into the air and can affect not only our health, but also the world we live in. This is why Tim and I are here to help track down where the pollution is and find out how it is polluting the air we breathe. LETS SOLVE THIS CRIME!!!!!

Figure 2: Car Pollution

Figure 3: Car Combustion

WHAT MAKES THE AIR POLLUTED?                                                                               

Tim and I looked into several suspects who are causing our air to be polluted. The first one is NITROGEN DIOXIDE. Nitrogen dioxide is what comes out of your school bus or your parents cars because they are all burning fuel. It is very harmful and poisonous to us and will make us very sick. The second is CARBON MONOXIDE. Carbon monoxide is a gas that does not smell and you cannot see it! It gets into the air when we burn fuels from vehicles. Next is OZONE. Ozone is harmful to us because when chemicals react with each other it makes it difficult for us to breathe.Ozone can also help the environment too by helping the Earth from harmful rays. Another suspect is SULFUR DIOXIDE. Sulfur dioxide is very, very smelly. It can irritate your eyes and breathing which is caused from the burning of fossil fuels such as oil, gas, and coal. Lastly is PARTICULATE MATTER. Particulate matter affects your heart and makes it difficult to breathe such as smoke, pollen, and dust.

HOW AIR POLLUTION EFFECTS CLIMATE CHANGE

Figure 4: Factory Pollution

Now that Tim and I have narrowed down the suspects to air pollution we will then investigate how air pollution is causing our climate to change. Climate is our weather conditions in certain areas. Climate change can be from natural disasters such as a volcano erupting and the smoke going into the air and it can be from humans. Now how can we cause the temperature to change? Factories burn oil, gas, and coal and it causes that to go into the air and causes heat to be trapped. So we investigated more into climate change and we discovered that its melting the frozen water on Earth! Not only is it melting the ice on Earth its heating up the oceans and causing hurricanes!  

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

Well, we are finally getting to the end of this crime! We found out that WE CAN HELP decrease the amount of air pollution that goes into the air!! Tim and I found out that walking to places or riding a bike could help limit air pollution. It's the little things someone can do that can help the environment. I'm Sally and this is my partner Tim and we are AIR POLLUTION DETECTIVES! Time to solve our next crime.

Figure 5: Children walking to school

References:
(Figure 1) Air pollution detectives. [Photograph] (2017). retrieved from https://www.wigan.gov.uk/Images/Business/Professionals/Road-safety/Characters/Boy-and-girl.jpg

(Figure 2) Car pollution. [Photograph] (2017) retrieved from http://moziru.com/images/smog-clipart-car-pollution-11.png

(Figure 3) Car combustion [Photograph] (2017) retrieved from http://moziru.com/images/pollution-clipart-fossil-fuel-19.jpg

(Figure 4) Factory pollution [Photograph] (2017) retrieved from https://ajp.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/20779965_l-e1496900987121.jpg

(Figure 5) Kids walking to school [Photograph] (2017) retrieved from https://www.wigan.gov.uk/Images/Business/Professionals/Road-safety/Characters/Boy-and-girl.jpg

Six Common Hazardous Air Pollutants. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.sciencetopia.net/pol-lution/hazardous-air-pollutants