Impact of Air Pollution

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses the real-world macroeconomic impact of air pollution in the world today. The paper also offers recommendations towards possibly overcoming this problem.

Outline:
Atmospheric Chemistry
Problems with Air Pollution
Outdoor Air Pollution
Motor-Vehicle Related Air Pollution
Macroeconomic Problems in The United States Concerning Air Pollution
Recommendations or Possible Solutions to Overcome Air Pollution

From the Paper:

"As stated previously, air pollution is a serious problem in the world today. "The climate impact of gases is usefully expressed as a radiant force. Radiant forcing is a measure to estimate, to a first order, the relative climate impact due to radiance induces perturbations" (Convention, 2). A correlation between global mean forcing and the global mean equivalent temperature response. The radiant forcing of greenhouse gases, or commonly referred to as GHG, has received lots of attention from the media. These gases cause severe damage to the economics of both developed and undeveloped countries all over the world. Furthermore, short-lived air pollution has received great media attention as well. It is important to distinguish that radiant forcing of ozone and fine particles are different, yet they can also cause economical problems financially. Model simulations have shown that short-lived air pollutants can lead to significant regional climate perturbations, which lead to floods and droughts. For this reason, air pollution has dramatic consequences on the economy and macroeconomics all over the world since many homes and businesses must be redeveloped or replaced."

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