Cause and Effect of Air Pollution

Air pollution is commonly a great issue now, and is something that we cannot really ignore from it. Whenever we go most of people always talk about this problem and the solution. This is proof at the moment when we step out from our door and greeted with black smog from cars that hits us directly. Reminding us, the air that we breathe everyday contains of several or more “evil-substances”. Breathing clean air is more of dream, and it is so easy for us to endlessly rant and rave about the causes of air pollution and it is ill effects, but little do we realize that each person is responsible for the situation that we face today. Generally, air pollution is caused by two factors: human-made and natural.

Human is the main control of our world and become worse nowadays. As we can see, all the problems start from human-nature that they have desire to find something new. First, gas emission of transportation and factories are the leading causes of air pollution and it contributes 60 – 70 percent pollutants in the world. The emissions combustion engines include carbon dioxide (CO₂), carbon monoxide (CO), hydrocarbons (HCs), methane (CH4), particulate matter (PM), nitrogen oxides (NOx) and more than 1000 evil-compound. And it happens now in our society, everyone does not aware about that. Second thing is caused by disturbance biological system which people do is very worst instead. Because of over desire that people have to fulfil their desire, they open “green place” become bald. As we can see at the mountain, they are falling down the trees unthinkingly even nothing left. This adds to the cause of this problem so difficult to overcome because human greed.

Another cause of air pollution is caused by natural activities that produce foreign substances.  Some of people do not aware about cause of natural pollution; they think that only human can make the problem of air pollution. Air pollution from Volcanoes is one of the most important natural causes of air pollution are volcanic eruption. The most problematic gases emitted in a volcanic eruption include sulphur dioxide, carbon dioxide and hydrogen fluoride. Besides the volcanic gases, there is also volcanic ash. Volcanic ash can move hundreds to thousands of miles downwind from a volcano. Second cause by nature is forest fire; more than a hundred thousand hectares forest in the world are fires. That problem may happen because of thunderbolt attack dry trees in the summer. 

However, air pollution has big effect in our environments and societies. We can imagine what will happen in 20 years later, maybe we will not see the green place like park or we cannot breathe clean air. Spreading disease is very fast, we just regret about our nature and cannot turn back the time.

The main effect of air pollution is damage to our environment. Climate change or global warming will impact agriculture and food production around the world. Farmer has difficulties to predict when the time is rain, and when should they harvest their farm. Climate change is changing weather patterns and indirectly through changes in water and air, it can influential with our health. Evil substance which is engine waste makes respiratory disease, cardiovascular disease, throat inflammation, chest pain, and congestion.

Second effect of air pollution is migration and conflict; migration related to climate change is likely to be predominantly from rural areas in developing countries to towns and cities. Millions might be displaced by shoreline erosions, river and coastal flooding, or severe drought. Limited resources and resulting human migration could become source of political and military conflict. Low confidence in predictions of increased conflict due to climate change.

Air pollution is caused by two factors: human-made and natural. Human is the generally makes a big causes in the earth, and we cannot do anything with natural activities. Air pollution has effect mainly in global warming, health, and also societies such us: migration and conflict.