of all over the world die due to direct or indirect effects of air pollution. 3. Acid Rain: Acid raining is another effects of air pollution. Harmful gases like nitrogen oxides and sulfur oxides are released into the atmosphere during the burning of fossil fuels. When it rains‚ the water droplets combines with these air pollutants‚ becomes acidic and then falls on the ground in the form of acid rain. Acid rain can cause great damage to human‚ animals and crops. 4. Depletion of Ozone layer:
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“Acid Rain” Environmental science What is Acid Rain? Acid rain is a rain or any other form of precipitation like rain‚ fog‚ snow‚ or hail that contains harmful substances higher than normal amounts of such as nitrogen and sulfur oxides‚ that is unusually acidic‚ meaning that it possesses elevated levels of hydrogen ions (low pH). Acid rain is also called acid deposition because this term includes other forms of acidic precipitation such as snow. The acid deposition is occurs
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Acid Rain Acid rain‚ or acid desposition‚ is simply common rainfall that has been polluted sufficiently by atmospheric pollution. Acid rain contains two types of acids: nitric and sulfuric. These chemicals‚ or precursors‚ are emited by natural sources such as volcanoes and decaying vegetation. Man-made sources are also primary causes for emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides that come from fossil fuel combustion. The most common emiters of these fossil fuels are power plants‚ factories
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Acid Rain Done By: Francis Lolas Teacher: Christine Due Date: 19/9/2012 Grade: 10 MYP 5 A There are many possible solutions to the problem that we are facing nowadays that is Acid Rain. Acid rain is formed from two main gases that are released in the atmosphere which are sulphur oxide and nitrogen oxide. I will talk later about the solutions for acid rain and the effect of this rain and what are the two forms of acid deposition. I have also watched some videos about acid
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Acid rain causes acidification of lakes and streams and contributes to the damage of trees at high elevations (for example‚ red spruce trees above 2‚000 feet) and many sensitive forest soils. In addition‚ acid rain accelerates the decay of building materials and paints‚ including irreplaceable buildings‚ statues‚ and sculptures that are part of our nation’s cultural heritage. Prior to falling to the earth‚ sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxide (NOx) gases and their particulate matter derivatives—sulfates
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The Causes and Effects of Air Pollution In China Hestia Cao I330003001 New York 04 May 2014 Air pollution is a type of pollution that particulates made by human being activities or natural causes were brought into the Earth’s atmosphere. When it achieves to sufficient concentration and adequate time‚ it begins to endanger people’s comfort‚ health‚ welfare‚ even damage to the environment that we live. Atmosphere is a mixture. It’s a mixture of Nitrogen (78.08%)‚ Oxygen (20.94%)‚ Rare gases
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Life Effects of Acid Rain There are many different types of negative effects acid rain has on the world. Acid rain is the mixture of wet and dry deposition from the atmosphere containing higher than normal amounts of nitric and sulfuric acids. Pollution contributes to the forming of acid rain. One of the main causes is industrial burning of coal and other fossil fuels the oxides they contain and combine with atmospheric water which forms acids. One of the effects of acid rain is the loss of fish
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be talking about Acid rain in this atmospheric and the issues behind it. “Acid rain is also called acid precipitation or even acid deposition is precipitation possessing a pH of 5.2 or below primarily produced from the emission of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx; the combination of NO and NO2) from human activities mostly the combustion of fossil Fuels”(Butler and Likens‚ 2012) I will also comparing and contrasting the indoor air pollution tobacco smoke with acid rain. “Tobacco smoke
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Carolina’s air pollution has increased greatly. Air pollution impacts earths systems. For example‚ when acidic air pollutants combine with water droplets‚ the water becomes acidic. When the acidic water droplets fall to the ground‚ it is called acid rain. Acid rain kills trees‚ harms animals‚ and other other wildlife (Randy Russell). Another example is an air pollutant called chlorofluorocarbons‚ it destroys the
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sources of acid precipitation in your community? What impact can this have on the environment in your region? Some of the probable sources of acid precipitation is Fog‚ and rain. During the summer it hardly rains which makes it hard for our crops to grow‚ also since we are in the valley it makes it hard for us to get the water that we need. During the fall it gets very foggy in the mornings and it makes it very difficult to see while your driving. Prevailing winds can also transport the acid precipitation
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