Smog

Photochemical Smog Gifted Chemistry IB Alternative Assessment 1997 March 19 Historically, the term smog referred to a mixture of smoke and fog, hence the name smog. The industrial revolution has been the central cause for the increase in pollutants in the atmosphere over the last three centuries. Before 1950, the majority of this pollution was created from the burning of coal for energy generation, space heating, cooking, and transportation. Under the right conditions, the smoke and sulfur dioxide

The Great Smog of 1952 The great smog of 1952 occurred December 5th 1952 in London England. The smog was so thick and black that it paralyzed the city. What caused the great smog was a cold snap that kept all the pollutants trapped in, all the pollutants came from the coal that was being burned to heat houses. This smog effected the environment in many different ways. It particularly effected the elderly, babies or people with respiratory and cardio vascular problems. Death rates where significantly

I’m Barbara Fewster, and I survived the London Smog in 1952. I used to be a dancer at Sadler’s Wells Theatre Ballet when I encountered the smog. The coal fires polluted the air, causing the smog to have a yellow tint, and a heavy smell of sulphur. It wasn’t just around the evening when it’ll have a yellow color to it, it’d also be in the daylight. The day when the smog arrived was the same day there was a performance at the theatre. The thing is, I wasn’t performing that night. I’d chosen to go out

The Killer Smog of London 1952 Imagine going outside and not being able to see the sidewalk right in front of your house because the fog is so thick. Fog is a thick cloud of tiny water droplets near the earth's surface, smog is fog that is mixed with smoke. During this event, the Great Smog of London killed an estimated 8,000 - 12,000 people. Furthermore, the fog that came down of December 5, 1952 mixed with chemicals that were already in the air. As a result, the air became toxic. In this case

Smog pollution in Beijing Smog pollution has been around since the start of industrialization, and there are many cities that suffer from its consequences. Among them, Beijing is singled out as the hotspot these days. In the past winter, an unprecedented amount of smog cloaked Beijing, filling the city with noxious air and causing convulsive coughing among the local residents. Not only does smog cause inconvenience in transportation by reducing visibility, but also, according to a study at

First off, I was glad to know exactly whom to blame for the ridiculously inconvenient smog checks in California...thanks ccair. If it were my job to balance people's rights with regards to air quality in the case of wood burning stoves and fire places I would relax the restrictions. Wood stoves and fireplaces are going to be a lot less convenient and common for people to have then when the restrictions went into place in some parts of California. I could not find a law prohibiting wood burning

another breath. Such is the life for the average Los Angeles resident. A city dominated by warm climate, show business, and extravagant lifestyles has been negatively impacted by the ever-present problem of smog. Noted as a problem for over 100 years in the city, the only advances in the “Smog War” ("The southland 's war," 1997) have been made in the last 60 years or so, leaving a certain level of

Angeles where nearly every person drives a car, smog forms quickly. In addition to the many car-emissions, smog also forms in Los Angeles as a result of the many industrial factories. Although Los Angeles now contains few of the (once ubiquitous) industrial plants, the pollution still moves in from neighboring cities. On a daily basis, thousands of grams of nitrogen dioxide enter the atmosphere. Los Angeles’ geography also makes it also a perfect smog trap as the mountains combined with the temperature

The fog and smoke combined into a rolling, thick layer of smog” (Rosenberg, “The Great London Smog 1952”). The factory emissions mixed with the fog created a yellowish smog that smelled like rotten eggs. On December 5, 1952 the thick smog fell over the city leaving everyone blind. The smog lasted for the duration of five days and had a tremendous impact on the environment. This event is now known as The Great Smog of London 1952. Smog is defined by fog or haze being mixed with smoke or any other

As of April 2000, Houston, Texas flunked the air quality test given by the American Lung Association of Texas. The city was carefully being watched because of the alarming reports taken from 1996-1998. Houston’s smog and ozone levels have now surpassed Los Angeles’s notorious air pollution problem. They must take advice from this infamously polluted city without slowing down the economic growth of their port city. They could reduce the traffic on the ship channel and the city’s highways, or create