10 - Aerosols

Aërosolen 10
Set 3 www.climatefresk.org 10 Dit heeft niets te maken met spuitbussen. Aërosolen zijn plaatselijke verontreinigingen, zoals zwaveldioxide, die afkomstig zijn van de onvolledige verbranding van fossiele brandstoffen. Ze zijn slecht voor je gezondheid en ze hebben ook een negatieve bijdrage tot de stralingsforcering (ze koelen het klimaat af).

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Cause

Fossiele brandstoffen

Fossiele brandstoffen


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Consequences

Stralingsforcering

Aerosols

Aerosols cool down the climate.
Menselijke gezondheid

Aerosols

Although aerosols are not alone in the "fine particle" category, every year 391,000 people in EU countries die from air pollution, and it causes 1.1 million premature deaths in India and China. Air pollution such as soot caused by the burning of fossil fuels such as coal and oil was responsible for 8.7m deaths globally in 2018.

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Other possible causes

Gebruik van gebouwen

Gebruik van gebouwen

Buildings emit few aerosols directly. The only significant emissions are chimney fires. In Chamonix, 85% of the fine particles present in the atmosphere come from wood heating.
De transportsector

De transportsector

Local pollution due to exhausts pipes is one of the main motivations to promote electric cars, far more than climate change. But EV are responsible for CO2 emissions due to power generation. These emissions depend a lot on the country where the car is rolling. See the file about it.
Landbouw

Landbouw

Spraying crops does result in aerosols and air pollution, but not to the same extent as incomplete combustion from power plants.
Bosbranden

Bosbranden

Smoke from wildfires has been shown to carry toxic particles.
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