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Reduced visibility/clarity of air

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Reduced visibility/clarity of air

"It looks hazy..."

A combination of the following happenings:

Debris and particulate release due to rapid economical activities in mining and timber

Occurrence of natural disasters due to volcanic eruptions

Mass utilization of transportation of diesel-petrol fuel based

Uncontrollable emission of volatile chemicals as byproduct from machineries in industrial plants Indiscriminate open burning at large scale on land

will result in...

Excess emission of particulate matters & volatile chemicals to atmosphere

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Occurrence of chemical reactions altering chemical composition of the atmosphere

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Ratio of compounds in the atmosphere becomes imbalance

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Accumulation of non biodegradable materials

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Atmosphere ecology is altered, which in turn becomes toxic & hazardous to the living organisms on Earth

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Light intensity decrease
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Visibility of atmosphere decrease
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Haze and Smog

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