Study Of Environmental Issues Associated With Industrialization

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combustion are minor
contributors to this problem while chemicals such as chloroflourocarbons (CFCs),
halons, carbon tetrachloride, methyl chloroform, methyl bromide and
hydrochloroflourocarbons (HCFCs) are the major contributors to the deterioration
of the ozone layer. These chemicals have industrial halocarbons that break up
into chlorine and bromine in the upper stratosphere when they react with the
sun's rays. Chlorine eats up the ozone layer while bromine acts as a catalyst
and speeds up the process. Often found in Antarctica, there are frozen chemical
clouds in the upper stratosphere called polar stratospheric clouds. These polar
stratospheric clouds destroy the ozone layer at a much faster pace then the
industrial halocarbons. The depletion of the ozone layer is a great threat to
mankind and all other living things on earth because without this layer of
chemicals, we will be exposed to excess UV rays. This excess exposure can lead
to many things such as malignant ...

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will double, causing global temperatures to rise to anywhere in between
one point five to four point five degrees Celsius. Many people may wonder why
global warming is such a problem as humans can easily adapt to their environment.
If this global warming causes global temperatures to rise, we as humans will be
able to cope with this change, however plants and animals may not be able to
adapt to this change and as a result they may die and become extinct, resulting
in a break in the food chain. The ocean levels will also continue to rise as
they have been at a pace of two to eight centimeters a decade for several more
decades. In fact, if Antarctica melts slightly the ocean ...

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