FACTORS AFFECTING CLIMATE

1. Natural Factors that
Affect Air Pollution &
Anthropogenic Pollution
• Reporter: Michelle G. Antoque

2. WHAT IS AIR POLLUTION?
Air pollution can be defined as the presence of toxic
chemicals or compounds (including those of biological origin)
in the air, at levels that pose a health risk. In an even
broader sense, air pollution means the presence of chemicals
or compounds in the air which are usually not present and
which lower the quality of the air or cause detrimental
changes to the quality of life (such as the damaging of the
ozone layer or causing global warming).

3. Air pollution can be defined as the presence of toxic
chemicals or compounds (including those of biological
origin) in the air, at levels that pose a health risk. In an
even broader sense, air pollution means the presence of
chemicals or compounds in the air which are usually not
present and which lower the quality of the air or cause
detrimental changes to the quality of life (such as the
damaging of the ozone layer or causing global warming).

4. Air pollution can be defined as the presence of toxic
chemicals or compounds (including those of biological
origin) in the air, at levels that pose a health risk. In an
even broader sense, air pollution means the presence of
chemicals or compounds in the air which are usually not
present and which lower the quality of the air or cause
detrimental changes to the quality of life (such as the
damaging of the ozone layer or causing global warming).

5. Air Pollutants
A large number of contaminants may pollute the air in a large
variety of forms. Almost any toxic chemical could make its
way into the atmosphere to pollute the air that we breathe.
Aerosol particles (clouds of liquid and solid particles in a gas)
that are found in the air may also contain pollutants.

6. Major Categories of Air Pollutants: Regulated by the
Clean Air Act
A. CARBON MONOXIDE
B. CARBON DIOXIDE
C. NITROGEN OXIDES
D. SULFUR DIOXIDE
E. OZONE
F. LEAD
G. SUSPENDED PARTICULAR MATTER
H. VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPUNDS
I. AMMONIA

7. CARBON MONOXIDE
It is a colorless, odorless gas
formed by the incomplete
reaction of air with fuel. CO
pollution occurs primarily from
emissions produced by fossil
fuel–powered engines, including
motor vehicles and non-road
engines and vehicles (such as
construction equipment and
boats).

8. CARBON DIOXIDE
Carbon dioxide pollution, better known as CO2
emissions, primarily comes from the burning of
fossil fuels. Two great examples of this are the
consumption of gasoline in gas-powered
vehicles and the production of electricity by
power plants.
-Research shows t333hat the results of global
climate change driven by carbon dioxide
emissions could directly impact human
respiratory health in a fashion similar to the
more traditional forms of air pollution.

10. SULFUR DIOXIDE
• Toxic gases produced
by the volcanic activity,
industrial processes,
and burning of fossil
fuels.

13. VOLATILE ORGANIC
COMPOUND
( VOC’s)

14. VOLATILE ORGANIC
COMPOUND
( VOC’s)

15. NATURAL CAUSES
OF
AIR POLLUTION

16. Volcanic Activities

17. WINDS AND AIR CURRENTS

18. WILDFIRES

19. MICROBIAL DECAYING PROCESSES

20. RADIOACTIVE DECAY PROCESSES

21. INCREASING TEMPERATURES

22. ANTHROPOGENIC
CAUSES OF AIR
POLLUTION

23. What causes air
pollution?
CAUSES OF ANTROPOGENIC
AIR POLLUTION

24. BURNING
FOSSIL FUELS

25. AGRICULTURAL
ACTIVITIES

26. WASTE IN
LANDFILLS

27. MINING AND
SMELTING

28. MINE TAILING DISPOSAL

29. FOUNDRY
ACTIVITIES

30. INDUSTRIAL WASTE

31. TRANSPORTATION

32. DISASTROUS EFFECTS
IN AIR POLLUTI ON
DISASTROUS EFFECTS
OF AIR POLLUTION

34. GLOBAL WARMING

35. TRANSPORTATION

36. TRANSPORTATION

37. TRANSPORTATION

38. TRANSPORTATION

39. IMPRESSIVE SOLUTIONS TO AIR POLLUTION

40. THANK YOU FOR
LISTENING!