Answer:
b. Air pollution, Contributed to the heat wave in Europe and the thousands of death in France.
Step-by-step explanation:
- Heat wave is referred to a period of extremely hot weather in Europe.
- During this period several deaths resulting from extreme heat and related health isssues were reported.
- The main cause of such a rise temperature is the Global warming.
- The temperature of the atmosphere is maintained due to the green house effect otherwise the temperature of the Earth would have dropped below freezing point at night.
- When the amount of green house gases rises in atmosphere, more and more heat is trapped and the temperature of the earth rises .
- The rise in amount of green house gases in atmosphere is the result of Air pollution.
- Burning of fuels, use of CFCs and HCFCs etc contribute to this rise.
- Thus, air pollution contributed to the heat waves.