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Environmental pollution refers to the introduction of harmful pollutants into the environment. The major types of environmental pollution are air pollution, water pollution, noise pollution, thermal pollution, soil pollution and light pollution. Deforestation and hazardous gaseous emissions also leads to environmental pollution.
The release of undesirable substances such as dust, smoke and harmful gases in the atmosphere is called air pollution and these undesirable substances are called pollutants. One of the major causes of pollution of the atmosphere is the combustion of fossil fuels to meet our daily requirements of energy. Fossil fuels cause air pollution in the following ways: 1. The combustion of fossil fuels results in the formation of carbon dioxide, which is released into the atmosphere. Thus, concentration of CO2 is increasing in the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide has to ability to absorb infrared radiation emitted by the earth and re-radiate it back.