WHO SUFFERS MOST FROM GLOBAL AIR POLLUTION?

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Keywords:

air pollution, carbon dioxide, weather forecast model, global warming, climate change

Abstract

This paper attempts to contribute to the knowledge on global air pollution in addressing the problem of climate change. This paper utilized the weather prediction model by Edward Lorenz.  This study made use of descriptive research design utilizing secondary data obtained from World Bank (2016). The data consisted of the annual exposure to air pollutants for every country and its contribution to greenhouse gas emission specifically CO2 emission from 1995 – 2015. Ten (10) countries were randomly chosen to represent each of the continents of Asia, South America, North America, Europe and Africa. Carbon dioxide emission with 647,332 Kiloton is largely observed among the developed and highly developed countries which are highly-industrialized. Consistent with Lorenz weather and climate model, carbon emissions eventually settle in the Lorenz attractor consisting of two (2) wings. The Lorenz attractors are shown to be located in the Asian and African countries with low carbon emissions and have high mean annual exposure to air pollutants, i.e. from a region of high concentration to a region of low concentration. Consequently, the less developed nations suffer most from the effect of anthropogenic activities which emit carbon dioxide wastes into the earth’s atmosphere. Establishment of carbon sinks, i.e. declaring a forest protected areas, in the territorial domains of the identified highly industrialized countries is an urgent mitigating measure to halt or abate the impact of climate change globally.

 

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Physica D. 65 (1): 86-89. Bibcode: 1993thyd…65…86P
Retrieved from: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1993phyd...65...86P

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2017-12-22

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