What causes the air pollution of new york

M3.3 Project Work: Air Pollution
Due Mar 26 by 11:59pm Points 100 Submitting an external tool Available after Mar 6 at 12am
Screenshot from AirNow website (2/3/21) showing ozone quality and particulate matter levels

Evaluate

Quote: Air pollution is turning Mother Nature prematurely gray. Irv KupcinetAir is inseparable from the health of natural resources.

Poor air quality decreases visibility, acidifies or disrupts the nutrient balance in lakes and streams, injures plant and animal communities, and harms human health.

Air pollutants are categorized as:

Primary, or those that come from sources such as industrial facilities, automobiles, and forest fires; and
Secondary, or when primary pollutants undergo chemical reactions in the atmosphere. Those pollutants in the air can come from long distances.
Module 3 Project Work
This week, as part of your Natural Resources Inventory project work, you will be analyzing the atmospheric elements which have been degraded in your selected study area and the sources of that degradation.

Step 1: Identify elements affecting the air of your study area
Visit the following websites (and using the search bar or zoom function (+ button) to explore your specific study area:

AirNow: Home of the U.S. Air Quality Index Links to an external site.
This provides a good overall national view.
AirNow: Local Conditions Links to an external site.
Enter the zip code or name of your study area for detailed data including pollution trends and leading causes
Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP) Emissions Links to an external site.
Relating to large stationary sources of CO2.
Step 2: Discuss the air pollution problem for your study area
In a word processing document of 400-500 words that includes at least three graphs, charts, or images that support your findings.

Divide your report into two sections:

Causes
Effects
Step 3: Submit your document
Please review the assignment and submission guidance below. Note that this assignment makes use of Turnitin.

This assignment is due Sunday by 11:59 PM ET.

Evaluation

You will be assessed using the SLA Paper Thesis Rubric (see below). Review the rubric before beginning your work.

The collective components of the Project Work are worth 48% of your final course grade.

Assignment and Submission Guidance
Compose your work in a .doc or .docx  file type using a word processor (such as Microsoft Word, etc.) and save it frequently to your computer. Check your work and correct any spelling or grammatical errors.

When you are ready to submit your work, click “Upload Submission.” Enter the submission title and then click on “Select a file to upload.” Browse your computer and select your file. Click “Open” and verify the correct file name has appeared next to the Submission File.

Click on “Continue.” Confirm submission is correct and then click on “Accept Submission & Save.

Turnitin ®
This course has Turnitin® fully integrated into the course dropbox. This means that you should only submit your assignments to the dropbox below. Please do not submit your assignment directly to Turnitin.com.

Once submitted, your assignment will be evaluated by Turnitin® automatically.

You will be able to view an Originality Report within minutes of your first submission that will show how much of your work has been identified as similar to other sources such as websites, textbooks, or other student papers. Use your Originality Report as a learning tool to identify areas of your assignment that you may not have cited appropriately.
You may resubmit your assignment through this dropbox as many times as you need to check to see if you have made improvements, until the due date of the assignment.

However, once you have made your first submission, you will need to wait 24 hours after each subsequent submission to receive a new Originality Report. Plan accordingly as you draft your assignment. Once the due date has passed, your assignment submission will be considered final.