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Ecology and Technology
Title: Ecology and Technology
Category: Science & Technology
Details: Words: 1192 | Pages: 5.1 (approximately 235 words/page)
Ecology and Technology
QUESTION 1:
Technology owes Ecology an Apology.
Indeed, in my opinion, technology does owe ecology an apology. This is because ecological imbalances were as a result of the Industrial revolution, which could be said to be the beginning of the non-ending technological advancement cycle.
During Industrial revolution, we began altering or climate and environment through changing agricultural and industrial practices. Before the industrial revolution, human activity released very few gases into the atmosphere, but now through …showed first 75 words of 1192 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1192 total…our ozone layer.
Step 1
"Photolysis" (splitting by sunlight) of CFCs in the stratosphere
Cl2CF2 + UV light --* ClCF2 + Cl
Step 2
Catalytic destruction of ozone
Cl + O3 --* ClO + O2
ClO + O3 --* Cl + 2O2
Bibliography
REFERENCES:
Website: http://www.biospherics.org
Website: http://www.agu.org/sci_soc/policy/climate_change.html
Website: http://www.epa.gov/ghginfo/questions.htm
Website: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~ssandhu/clarkghg.html
International Journal of Life support & Biosphere Sciences (1997) 4, ¾ (RAS Collection)
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