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Air Pollution

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Air Pollution

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated September 2025
Verified for the 2026 exam
Verified for the 2026 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated September 2025

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Air pollution can impact more than just air. It impacts ecosystems and climates around the world. Contributing to this air pollution, there are pollutants such as photochemical smog, nitrogen oxide, VOCs, and many more. The impacts of these pollutants range from climate change to acidification of soil and bodies of water. However, there are proposed solutions such as vapor recovery nozzles, catalytic converters, and wet and dry scrubbers.