Smog

The Great Smog of London was the severest air pollution event in British history. It engulfed the British capital for five days and caused the death of more than 4,000 people. The cold weather of November and December 1952 led Londoners to burn more coal than usual to keep their houses warm. This increased the pollution in the air, which had already been heavily polluted by the industry, cars as well as power stations. The 5th December 1952 marks the beginning of the calamity: The day began with

The Great Smog of '52 occurred in London from December 5th to December 9th in 1952. This was when a thick fog covered London with a mixture of black smoke emitted from homes and factories, leading to a deadly smog (1). A severe cold weather hit London in December 1952. The people in London burned more coal to heat their homes because this is what they usually did when the weather became cold. On December 5th, 1952, a layer of dense fog engulfed the city and stayed for about five days. Since the

1. What is the difference between the type of smog experienced by cities in the eastern United States and that found in Southern California? early people burned wood for heat and cooking fires in enclosed spaces such as caves and small tents or houses. And Photochemical smog is the abundance of cars and sunshine that provided the perfect setting for a chemical reaction between some of the molecules in auto exhaust or oil refinery emissions. 2. London has suffered from terrible air pollution for

city of Los Angeles has had some of the worst air pollution in the country. There would be days where the smog would be so thick that people were forced to stay indoors due to the health risks. In the late 1940’s Los Angeles established the Air Pollution Control District. It was the first in the nation. Since then there have been stricter regulations and laws passed to help reduce Los Angeles smog problem. Though Los Angeles has reduced its air pollution by nearly a third of what it was, it is still

The Great Smog of London and the Scientific Implications in Today’s World Turn of the century London, the emergence of the middle class has forced the cultural bias to shift in favor of more homes, more people, and a lot of energy consumption. Science’s solution to the energy crisis is a seemingly perfect one: distribute and utilize a more available fuel. Coal burned slower than wood and therefore kept people and homes warm more resourcefully. For a while it seemed like a miracle solution. The

Why the great smog of 1952 can be regarded as a landmark? Name: Shuqi Wu ID number: u5701976 Word count: 2023 Abstract: A thick and polluted smog blanketed London in the December of 1952. This four-day smog was so poisonous that left about 12,000 people dead and dramatically increase the hospital admission rate, claims for insurance and applications to emergency bed service (the indicators of morbidity) during that week and the following several months. Additionally, it is also so thick that have

How to Pass a Smog Check in California (-- removed HTML --) How to Pass a Smog Check in California (-- removed HTML --) Smog checks are required in most of California biennially, or every two years. Even if you move from another state with a vehicle that has a valid smog certificate, you will need to get a California inspection before registering the vehicle in the state. This must be performed within 20 days of establishing residency. [1] It's not necessary to get an inspection for certain

ENG 215 Quinton Wu Third draft Smog in China China is the second-largest producer of greenhouse gas, acid rain and other pollutants in the world. That means China has lots of environmental problems, and air pollution always is one of the most serious issue in China. In the world, nobody can live without air. However, the quality of air comes down every year. Smog is one of forms of air pollution produced by the reaction of sunlight with hydrocarbons, nitrogen compounds, and other gases primarily

that seeps into the lung, vein, and heart tissue, to surge above 850 micrograms per cubic meter. According to the UN, 20 micrograms per cubic meter is considered to be the highest safe level. (Meyer, 2017) So, what caused such an extreme level of smog to infiltrate the air that winter and every winter since? Two independent studies argue that climate change will make this event and others like it commonplace in the years to come. In March 2017 an article published at www.nature.com states that although

In December of 2015, China was faced with a “red alert” for air pollution. In an article from The New York Times titled “Smog So Thick, Beijing Comes to a Standstill,” Edward Wong stated, “For many residents, the red alert...underscored the devil’s handshake that China has made in recent years: the trading of a healthy living environment for breakneck economic growth.” There are many negative consequences of air pollution. Vaclav Smil’s “Environmental Degradation in China,” describes the various