Carbon Dioxide (CO2) traps heat in our atmosphere. Global CO2 levels are higher than ever before, and they’re increasing. CO2 is a greenhouse gas that’s causing for an increase in Earth’s surface temperature. It is caused by many factors, but automobile emissions and smokestacks are among the leading causes. MARG Energy has a strategy for improving our world’s Climate Change situation, but first… why does any of this matter?
We wish there were only a single answer for why climate change is damaging to our planet. Here is a brief list of some environmental results of climate change:
For more information regarding the effects of climate change, see
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2012 seven million people died as a result of various diseases caused by exposure to air pollution. Pollution cannot always be sensed by sight or smell, yet it is often in the air. The more active we are outdoors, the more exposed we are, breathing pollutants into our lungs.
Air pollution is extremely detrimental to:
Dust, tobacco smoke, insect droppings, wood smoke, smog, sulfur dioxide (SOx), and nitrogen oxide (NOx) are all air pollutants that trigger asthma, as described by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Exposure to air pollution can have an effect on pregnant women and their infants can be born premature, underweight, or with birth defects. This exposure also increases the risk of heart disease and diabetes, as found by the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.
Indoor air pollutants, such as VOCs from household products, can also increase the risk of respiratory conditions, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and neurologic, cognitive, motor, and visual problems (Air Quality Sciences, Inc., 2008).
See Air Trends by the EPA at http://www.epa.gov/airtrends/