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APES Articles: China's Acid Rain Control Strategy Offset By Increased Nitrogen Oxide Air Pollution http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091014122054.htm U.N. Says Lag in Confronting Climate Woes Will Be Costly http://www.nytimes.com/pages/science/earth/ Toxic Mercury Pollution May Rise with Arctic Meltdown http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=toxic-mercury-pollution-may-rise-with-arctic-meltdown Undersea Freshwater Reserves Could Quench the World?s Thirst for Decades http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2013/12/06/freshwater-reserves-quench-worlds-thirst-decades/ Natural Gas Pipeline Leaks Across Washington, DC http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es404474x Puzzling moose deaths hint at climate shock to forests

HI ALEX YOURE MY FAVORITE IN THIS WHOLE ENTIRE WORLD!! (and I like him so much oh my gosh) Chapter 15 Notes Trini Soza Air pollution The introduction of chemicals, particulate matter, or microorganisms into the atmosphere at concentrations high enough to harm plants, animals, and materials such as buildings, or to alter ecosystems - Air pollution is the most widespread environmental damage. - 147 million metric tons of air pollution released each year by the US. - The world releases about 2 billion metric tons a year. - Air quality has improved over the past 20 years in developed countries. - Developing countries however have higher air pollution sometimes ten times higher than the pollution levels considered safe for human health. Natural Air pollution: