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Climate
Change:
Fitting the pieces
together
1875
2004
Ozone Depletion
Significant concentrations of ozone (O3) exist in the
lower elevations of the stratosphere.
Ozone in the stratosphere
absorbs UV B radiation from
sunlight.
UV B radiation damages
DNA molecules and can
cause genetic defects on
the outer surfaces of
plants and animals,
including human skin (skin
cancer)
Satellite photo of south pole. Purple shade shows the extent of the ozone
hole.
Global Warming
Global Warming
Global warming is a Global
phenomenon.
It refers to a gradual increase in the
temperature of the Earth due to trapping
of green house gases.
ACID RAIN
* Involves deposition of aqueous acids, acidic
gases and acidic salts
- Acid deposition has 2 parts: wet and dry
- Wet deposition refers to acidic rain, fog & snow
- Dry deposition refers to acidic gases and particles
- Half of the acidity in the atmosphere falls back to earth through
dry deposition
* Acid rain is a regional air pollution problem
- Canada, & North Western USA are worst affected
- Average pH of rainfall recorded in Toronto in Feb. 1979 is 3.5.
In 1989 fog in Los Angles had a pH as low as 2.2. Most acidic rain
fall in US in Wheeling West Virginia is 1.4.
- Precipitation of clean atmosphere may have 5.6 pH.
Carbon dioxyde
Nitrogen oxide
Sulphur dioxyde
Nitrogen oxide
NUCLEAR
ACCIDENT
Nuclearaccidentsandnuclear
incident
A
nuclear accident
ornuclearincident,dependi
ng ontheseverity,is
knowntoinadvertent
releasesof radioactive
materials,
accidentalorradioactivity
levelslikely to
harmpublichealth.
Nuclearaccidentsandnuclear
incident
Isdescribed
asa nuclear
accidentorincidentaccordingtoits
severityanditsimpactonthe
populationandtheenvironment.
Radiological accidentscan happenatanuclear plant
oroutside, iein afacility thatconducts
anuclearactivity(hospitals, research
laboratories...)or duetothelossof a radioactive
source,orbyspreadinginvoluntaryorvoluntaryradio
active substances intotheenvironment.
To measuretheseverityofan event,there isan
international scale:INESscale.
InternationalNuclear
EventScale
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EARTH..
SAVE
LIFE.
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YOU.