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  2. Environmental action: State bans balloon releases, mirroring ...

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    A state law that took effect Monday bans the intentional release of balloons that can harm the environment. It mirrors a town law passed in 2017.

  3. Weather balloon - Wikipedia

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    A weather balloon, also known as a sounding balloon, is a balloon (specifically a type of high-altitude balloon) that carries instruments to the stratosphere to send back information on atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity and wind speed by means of a small, expendable measuring device called a radiosonde.

  4. Environmental hazard - Wikipedia

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    Environmental hazards are hazards that affect biomes or ecosystems. [1] Well known examples include oil spills , water pollution , slash and burn deforestation, air pollution , ground fissures , [ 2 ] and build-up of atmospheric carbon dioxide . [ 3 ]

  5. Balloon - Wikipedia

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    Balloon rockets work because the elastic balloons contract on the air within them, and so when the mouth of the balloon is opened, the gas within the balloon is expelled out, and due to Newton's third law of motion, the balloon is propelled forward. This is the same way that a rocket works.

  6. Here's why meteorologists launch weather balloons every day

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    Synchronized weather balloon launches have helped meteorologists create forecasts over the past 150 years, and now the old tradition is going high tech. Twice a day - every day of the year ...

  7. A 7-year-old girl died playing with a popped balloon. Now her ...

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    The mother of a 7-year-old who died while playing with a balloon wants to warn parents about the dangers. "Alexandra was my world and I don’t know how I’m supposed to go on without her in my ...

  8. Recreational use of nitrous oxide - Wikipedia

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    The gas is then inhaled from the balloon or dispenser. [30] This is necessary because nitrous oxide is very cold when it undergoes adiabatic decompression on exit from a canister; inhalation directly from a tank is dangerous and can cause frostbite of the larynx and bronchi. [31]

  9. Air pollution - Wikipedia

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    Air pollution is the presence of substances in the atmosphere that are harmful to humans and other living beings, or cause damage to the environment. Air pollution can be chemical, physical or biological. [1]