Location
Weber State University
Start Date
5-8-2017 12:00 AM
End Date
5-8-2017 12:00 AM
Description
Air pollution can result from both natural and human-caused actions. Natural pollutants may result from events like: forest fires, volcanic eruptions, wind erosion, natural radioactivity, etc. Human pollutants can result from: toxic emissions from vehicles or manufacturing plants, burning fossil fuels, household or farming chemicals released into the air, second hand smoke from tobacco users, etc.
Pollution can obviously have an extremely negative effect on the air quality that we as humans, as well as all living creatures, breathe and depend on for life. Pollution can also negatively impact water and soil by introducing toxins into these resources needed for drinking water and growing crops.
Specifically to the Wasatch Front area of Utah, each winter we experience massive inversions that become so severe that people are advised to stay indoors or take public transport. Inversions are caused when warm air of higher atmospheric levels traps the cooler air below. With regards to the Wasatch Front area specifically, this is enhanced because the mountains on both sides of these valleys then traps the pollutant air in the valleys, which cause potential harm to both human and biological life.
Included in
Undergraduate Examination of Pollutant Aerosols in Earth's Atmosphere
Weber State University
Air pollution can result from both natural and human-caused actions. Natural pollutants may result from events like: forest fires, volcanic eruptions, wind erosion, natural radioactivity, etc. Human pollutants can result from: toxic emissions from vehicles or manufacturing plants, burning fossil fuels, household or farming chemicals released into the air, second hand smoke from tobacco users, etc.
Pollution can obviously have an extremely negative effect on the air quality that we as humans, as well as all living creatures, breathe and depend on for life. Pollution can also negatively impact water and soil by introducing toxins into these resources needed for drinking water and growing crops.
Specifically to the Wasatch Front area of Utah, each winter we experience massive inversions that become so severe that people are advised to stay indoors or take public transport. Inversions are caused when warm air of higher atmospheric levels traps the cooler air below. With regards to the Wasatch Front area specifically, this is enhanced because the mountains on both sides of these valleys then traps the pollutant air in the valleys, which cause potential harm to both human and biological life.