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== Card #10: Aerosols == | |||
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Nothing to do with aerosol spray cans. Aerosols are a type of local pollution that comes from the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels. They are bad for human health and they negatively contribute to radiative forcing, meaning that they have a cooling effect on the climate. | |||
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== Definitions == | == Definitions == | ||
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*[[En-en_adult_card_2_industry|Industry]] | *[[En-en_adult_card_2_industry|Industry]] | ||
*[[En-en_adult_card_4_transportation|Transportation]] | *[[En-en_adult_card_4_transportation|Transportation]] | ||
*[[En-en adult card 5 fossil fuels|Fossil fuels]] | |||
===Consequences=== | ===Consequences=== | ||
*[[En-en_adult_card_15_radiative_forcing|Radiative forcing]] Aerosols cool down the climate. | *[[En-en_adult_card_15_radiative_forcing|Radiative forcing]] Aerosols cool down the climate. | ||
*[[En-en_adult_card_38_human_health|Human health]] Although aerosols are not alone in the "fine particle" category, every year 391,000 people in EU countries die from air pollution<ref>[https://www.eea.europa.eu/fr/highlights/la-pollution-atmospherique-reste-trop Air pollution remains too high throughout Europe (French)]</ref>, and it causes 1.1 million premature deaths in India and China<ref>[https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/nature-environnement/l-inde-rattrape-la-chine-en-nombre-de-morts-de-la-pollution_110560 India catches up with China in the number of deaths from pollution (French)]</ref>. | *[[En-en_adult_card_38_human_health|Human health]] Although aerosols are not alone in the "fine particle" category, every year 391,000 people in EU countries die from air pollution<ref>[https://www.eea.europa.eu/fr/highlights/la-pollution-atmospherique-reste-trop Air pollution remains too high throughout Europe (French)]</ref>, and it causes 1.1 million premature deaths in India and China<ref>[https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/nature-environnement/l-inde-rattrape-la-chine-en-nombre-de-morts-de-la-pollution_110560 India catches up with China in the number of deaths from pollution (French)]</ref>. 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. <ref>Fossil fuel air pollution responsible for 1 in 5 deaths [https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/c-change/news/fossil-fuel-air-pollution-responsible-for-1-in-5-deaths-worldwide/ worldwide]</ref><ref>'Invisible killer': fossil fuels caused 8.7m deaths globally in 2018, research finds [https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/feb/09/fossil-fuels-pollution-deaths-research]</ref> | ||
==Other possible links== | ==Other possible links== | ||