TY - JOUR AU - Saffron, L AB - ENVIRONEWS Forum You are responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. You are responsible for your rose. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry tons of CO from coal fires in China alone. of factors determine the composition of the AIR POLLUTION “The CO production of all of these fires in fumes, including the composition of the coal, China is more than the total CO production the geology of the area in which it occurs, and Underground Fires in The Netherlands,” Rosema says. This the depth of the coal seam. amounts to 2–3% of the annual worldwide Coal fires can be ignited as a result of Surface production of CO from fossil fuels, or as human activities, lightning strikes, or sponta- Uncontrolled fires burning in underground and much as emitted from all of the cars and light neous combustion, which occurs when coal surface coal deposits in numerous countries, trucks in the United States. “Coal fires release that is rich in minerals such as pyrite is exposed including China, India, and Indonesia, are a variety of potentially harmful gases [and] to oxygen and moisture. The oxidization emitting large amounts of greenhouse gases and combustion by-products, including sulfur and process raises the coal’s temperature TI - Fighting Famine with Ancestral Agriculture JF - Environmental Health Perspectives DA - 2002-05-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/pubmed-central/fighting-famine-with-ancestral-agriculture-TVZXkW5MLb SP - A235 EP - A235 VL - 110 IS - 5 DP - DeepDyve ER -