Sentences with phrase «mainly from the combustion»
In freshwater systems, acidifying depositions occur following the release of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and sulfur dioxide (SO2) into the atmosphere, mainly from the combustion of fossil fuels, which then may fall in dry or wet form.
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The greatest human influence on the sulfur cycle comes from industrial activity, mainly the combustion of coal and oil and the smelting of sulfur - bearing metallic ores.
Atmospheric carbon dioxide derives from multiple natural sources including volcanic outgassing, the combustion of organic matter, and the respiration processes of living aerobic organisms; man - made sources of carbon dioxide come mainly from the burning of various fossil fuels for power generation and transport use.
It then combines with pollutants from combustion — mainly nitrogen oxides and sulfates from vehicles, power plants and industrial processes — to create tiny solid particles, or aerosols, no more than 2.5 micrometers across, about 1/30 the width of a human hair.
From a terminology viewpoint, since the first torque - vectoring systems for internal - combustion - engine - driven vehicles were based on torque - vectoring differentials with very limited effect in braking, the concept of torque - vectoring was mainly associated with traction conditions.
It's good old fashioned black carbon soot — a visible pollutant with measurable effects on human health both in poor places, where it comes from cooking or heating using coal, firewood or dung, and rich countries, where it is produced mainly through the combustion of diesel and similar fuels and from some industries.
While the best - known pollution in Mexico is Mexico City's air, which mainly comes from the combustion of vehicle fuel, it's not the only place with a problem or the only kind of pollution in circulation posing a serious risk to human health.
It then combines with pollutants from combustion — mainly nitrogen oxides and sulfates from vehicles, power plants and industrial processes — to create tiny solid particles, or aerosols, no more than 2.5 micrometers across, about 1/30 the width of a human hair.
Air pollution, mainly from fossil fuel combustion, is discoloring the building's white marble.
Heat - trapping greenhouse gases originating mainly from fossil fuel combustion are responsible for the steadily rising global temperature, the melting of glaciers and ice caps, the expansion of the ocean and rise in sea level, the increase in droughts and subsequent problems of climate refugees, and the increase in violent storms.
The circulation of CO2 in and out of the atmosphere is due mainly to the photosynthesis which takes CO2 molecules out from the atmosphere and the returning of these molecules to the atmosphere by means of combustion and moldering.
Later, from 1980 to 2000, the atmospheric trend of GEM concentrations and global estimates of anthropogenic emissions of mercury to the atmosphere (mainly emissions from coal combustion) exhibit a similar trend: a large decrease during the 1980s and then stabilization between 1990 and 2000 (3, 50, 51).