Pollution around the world


	Pollution around the world
darkduskx
9-10-2008 11:54 AM
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darkduskx says:
Global warming or not, you do not need scientific proof to realize we are screwing up the planet.
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/648fe0a7-f647-4a6c-9332-33637c41fb67/34145218-DDDA-496B-A5ED-5BBAD785C2B1/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Smog&oldid=237199415" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Smog&oldid=237199415" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Smog&oldid=237199415"><H1 class="firstHeading">Smog</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Smog&oldid=237199415"><B>Smog</B> is a kind of <A title="Air pollution" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_pollution">air pollution</A>; the word "smog" is a <A class="mw-redirect" title="Portmanteau" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmanteau">portmanteau</A> of <A title="Smoke" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke">smoke</A> and <A title="Fog" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fog">fog</A>. Classic smog results from large amounts of coal burning in an area and is caused by a mixture of smoke and <A title="Sulfur dioxide" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfur_dioxide">sulfur dioxide</A>. Modern smog does not usually come from coal but from vehicular and industrial emissions that are acted on in the atmosphere by sunlight to form secondary pollutants that also combine with the primary emissions to form <A class="mw-redirect" title="Photochemical smog" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photochemical_smog">photochemical smog</A>.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Smog&oldid=237199415"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/92A774EB-E99A-4301-8A78-51632FC25C06" alt="Smog in New York City as viewed from the World Trade Center in 1988" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Smog&oldid=237199415"><DIV class="thumbcaption">
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Smog in <A title="New York City" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City">New York City</A> as viewed from the <A title="World Trade Center" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Center">World Trade Center</A> in 1988</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Smog&oldid=237199415"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/670D89E2-315E-4B96-A239-6D4C85F23BC5" alt="Beijing air on a day after rain (left) and a sunny but smoggy day (right)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Smog&oldid=237199415"><DIV class="thumbcaption">
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<A title="Beijing" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing">Beijing</A> air on a day after rain (left) and a sunny but smoggy day (right)</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Smog&oldid=237199415"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/38B800F3-C31B-4BC4-8DDC-8320F57C7CA7" alt="Victorian London was notorious for its thick smogs, or "pea-soupers", a fact that is often recreated to add an air of mystery to a period costume drama" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Smog&oldid=237199415"><DIV class="thumbcaption">
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<A title="Victorian era" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_era">Victorian</A> <A title="London" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London">London</A> was notorious for its thick smogs, or "pea-soupers", a fact that is often recreated to add an air of mystery to a period <A title="Costume drama" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costume_drama">costume drama</A></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Smog&oldid=237199415"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/4ABE0005-A007-4400-B872-B2D5251E3D35" alt="Singapore's Downtown Core on 7 October 2006, when it was affected by forest fires in Sumatra, Indonesia" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Smog&oldid=237199415"><DIV class="thumbcaption">
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<A title="Singapore" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore">Singapore</A>'s <A title="Downtown Core" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Core">Downtown Core</A> on 7 October 2006, when it was affected by <A title="Wildfire" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfire">forest fires</A> in <A title="Sumatra" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumatra">Sumatra</A>, <A title="Indonesia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia">Indonesia</A></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Smog&oldid=237199415"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/728ACBE4-9A89-4522-A332-225129A85B2D" alt="Smog fills the skies of Delhi, India. Measures like CNG-run buses and Delhi Metro have decreased the pollution-level of the city" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Smog&oldid=237199415"><DIV class="thumbcaption">
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Smog fills the skies of <A title="Delhi" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi">Delhi</A>, <A title="India" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India">India</A>. Measures like <A title="Compressed natural gas" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compressed_natural_gas">CNG</A>-run buses and <A class="mw-redirect" title="Delhi Metro" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi_Metro">Delhi Metro</A> have decreased the pollution-level of the city</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Smog&oldid=237199415"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/15F3F0A0-7B85-4BB4-9F50-34D8196E75EA" alt="Smog in São Paulo." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Smog&oldid=237199415"><DIV class="thumbcaption">
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Smog in <A title="São Paulo" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo">São Paulo</A>.</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/34145218-DDDA-496B-A5ED-5BBAD785C2B1/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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