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Greenhouse Gases
- Local Impacts
- factories and power plants create economic
success
- Chinese get wealthier
- car ownership increase as does smog
- car ownership increase as does smog
- burn fossil fuels
- cause acid rain
- cause acid rain
- factories and power plants create economic
success
- China
- Southeast Asia along the coastline of the Pacific Ocean,
China is the world's third largest country
- 16/20 most polluted cities are in China
- unsustainable growth
- massive impact on environment
- massive impact on environment
- economy is rapidly growing
- Fewer people live in poverty
- standard of living is increasing
- standard of living is increasing
- Southeast Asia along the coastline of the Pacific Ocean,
China is the world's third largest country
- Enhanced Greenhouse Effect
- carbon cycle out of balance
- forest/coal reserves of carbon going into
atmosphere
- atmosphere absorbs
more heat
- human activity significantly
increased levels of Co2
- To keep surface temperature 15 degrees ,
natural process must prevail
- carbon cycle out of balance
- Global Impacts
- carbon is mobile
- stores- carbon sinks
- steel and cement needed due to
industries increasing
- needed for building of new cities
- needed for building of new cities
- building power stations
- industrial growth requires power
- Burn coal
- release more carbon dioxide
- release more carbon dioxide
- Burn coal
- carbon is mobile
- Nitrogen Dioxide
- emission increased by 50% since 1995
- 400,000 die each year due
to pollution
- when fossil fuels are burnt, No2 creates
breathing problems
- emission increased by 50% since 1995
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