Brainstorming for Causal Argument Essay

Topic: Air Pollution

Thesis: In the contemporary era, air pollution is mainly created through human activities such as

burning fossil fuels and farming. These activities doubled the rates of air pollution and caused

major problems such as global warming, smog, and soot.

Point 1: The effects of global warming perpetuate around the entire world.

- Ice caps are melting

- Sea levels are rising
- Changes in plant/animal behavior

Point 2: As opposed to the worldwide implications of global warming, smog is a type of

pollution that is concentrated in urban areas.

- The problem with smog is that it is heavily concentrated with various heavy metals

such as arsenic, cadmium, lead, nickel, and mercury.

- Pakistan statistics
- Externalities
- Preventive measures

Point 3: Soot is a type of air pollution that is heavily underestimated.

- Acute health complications

- Dinosaur extinction
- Fate of the human race