Dust Control May Possibly Be Adding To Global Warming
As we come into a new decade we are faced with the question of how to manage worldwide warming. We must evaluate all aspects of global warming and resolve what we can do to evade the change. Not to long ago I overheard somebody that I highly respect chatting about the lack of dust control as well as talked about elevated levels of dust pollution that people are creating. So I wanted to scrutinize this possibility from a historical perspective. 
When we examen the levels of dust emissions within today’s atmosphere, we gauge this in terms of particulate matter, commonly abridged to merely PM. Particulates are tiny subdivisions of solid matter hovering in the atmosphere. If you could imagine the smallest dust may have began as a hefty bolder. This dust eventually reaches an higher level in our atmosphere from that point it develops a layer of dust insulation. Could it be that our lack of dust control has amplified the levels of dust in the air to the point that it has caused a rise in the earth’s temperature?
when we look way back in history it is easy to realize that man had a minor effect on the environment with a smaller population. There were less cars, building sites, roads and all together a lesser amount of activity to produce fugitive dust. There was not as much farming or tilling of the top soil but as the populace increased the desires of man followed and as a result did the dust.
We look way back at these events and realize man has indeed amplified the levels of dust pollution as a result of their activities. But we should also understand that man has also aided in decreased levels of dust through modernization.
In the past many of the paths that we traveled were prepared from the most accessible material in the general vicinity. It was not rare to find a section of road consisting of no more than earth. The roads are still widespread at present but today we use environmentally dependable products to lower the dust created whilst driving on these roads.
In the past there were normal prairie and forest fires that created dust from the burning foliage, brush and grassland. Not only would the dust levels soar from the burnt vegetation, but the newly scorched earth would now effortlessly release dust particles into the surroundings with a simple change in the winds. Several of the fires were started from a single well placed lightning strike in an desolate area. These fires were left to burn down due to the lack of funds to battle such fires and occasionally the lack of population to report it. These days these fires are instantly attacked and taken into control.
These improvements can simply be credited to the advancement of man and have in fact lowered the levels of dust reaching the atmosphere. In lots of places road dust control has enhanced the roads to the point that one can only just tell if the road is concrete or soil.
After taking into account the odds that man made dust is causing climate change I have come to the conclusion that if anything, man has helped bring down the levels of dust not increased it. I hope this clears the air on this issue. I guess we will just have to blame climate change on sun spots.
Tags: Dust Control, dust polution, Fugitive Dust, PM10, Road Dust Control
