So one of the last topics that we’ll talk about in this unit is about just other air pollutants, for example acid rain. But there’s tons of things are released in the air. So we’ll talk about a couple different topics, but moving away from climate change and moving away from carbon dioxide. So acid…
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Final project: Acid rain
Acid rain A menace A threat A danger to our ecosystem The danger of acid rain is becoming the reality for us. But for all this time, we have been neglecting the impact of acid rain Acid rain is the rain that concentrate with different types of acid to form unusual acidic rain. It is…
Ultra fine dust warnings in S. Korea due to smog from China, but fine dust will clear by the weekend
Seoul is under a blanket of fine dust today, prompting the government to take measures to prevent vehicles or construction work and advise people to wear masks or try and stay indoors if possible Air quality in the nation has gotten a whole lot worse, mainly due to pollution blowing in from China. Seo Bo-bin…
How Singapore Fixed Its Housing Problem
Public housing is often considered low in quality and high in crime. But it’s a totally different story in Singapore. Government-built apartments in Singapore are clean, safe, and well-maintained. And about 80% of Singaporean households live in them. Singapore is also one of the few countries in the world to achieve almost full homeownership status….
Ford Medium Duty: Gas or Diesel Trucks? | Commercial Trucks | Ford
[MUSIC] Say hello to Darren Crawford, fleet manager of Farmer Brothers Coffee in Fort Worth. Darren is rounding out his fleet and has a tough decision to make here. He could go with the Ford medium duty equipped with the available 6.7 liter Power Stroke V8 turbo diesel. It has a B10 design life of…
Autonomous robotic teamwork — mapping hazardous environments with heterogenous robots
Think of things like volcanoes. If a scientist wants data to be collected from a volcano, we are not going to send a graduate student there. My name is Pratap Tokekar and I’m an assistant professor in the ECE department. I’m especially interested in using robots as sensors and sensing agents. There are a number…
Air pollution particles may reach fetuses in the womb, study finds .
Air pollution particles may reach fetuses in the womb, study finds . Researchers found that when pregnant women breathe in black carbon pollution created by the combustion of fossil fuels, such as in diesel powered cars or the burning of coal harmful particles can make their way from the lungs to the placenta and may…
Toxic air pollution particles are found in pregnant womens PLACENTAS for the first time
Toxic air pollution particles are found in pregnant womens PLACENTAS for the first time Scientists have found evidence of soot from air pollution travelling through the placenta towards an unborn baby. In an apparent world first, researchers from Belgium discovered pieces of black carbon in the placentas of 28 women from polluted areas. The placenta…
Acid Rain – Ender
We’ll hold each other closely as we watch the radiation set with a glow just like the sun we used to know. And we’ll dance to the static as the ash begins to fall just like the snow, by the light of an incandescent bulb. ‘Cause I, I don’t mind that the world ended and…
NASA | The Smog Bloggers
[ music ] [ music ] Has pollen got you sneezing? Wondering where that mysterious afternoon haze is coming from? How do you find out what’s in the air you’re breathing? For thousands of people each day, the answer’s clear… … even if the air is not. Just a web click away, it’s the Smog…