Development And Environmental Management : Csc Fall 2014

Acid rain is precipitation containing harmful amounts of nitric and sulfuric acids. (Environmental Effects) A few acid rain examples are rain, snow, sleet, fog, cloudwater, and dew. “Toxic pollutants in the air or deposited on soils or surface waters, can impact wildlife in a number of ways. Greenhouse gases a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation, such as, carbon dioxide and chlorofluorocarbons. Methane, water vapor, fluorinated gases, ozone, sulfur hexafluoride, Carbon dioxide, and nitrous oxide.(OTHER GREENHOUSE

Substances are released which run off into water bodies and toxic to water life. Acidic materials deposited directly from the atmosphere also have the effect of altering the acid balance in water bodies and this too has an effect on the life they support. Acidic deposition onto sensitive buildings causes decay of stonework and other materials.(Environment Agency: Acid Rain, page 1)

The fossil fuels and coals that currently being used are the main source of all of the greenhouse gases released into our environment. The burning of fossil fuels can cause nitric acid to be released, which can fall back into the Earth in the form of acid rain. These showers will impact many of the natural areas that are

There are several different pollutants that can lead to acid rain such as SO2, SO3, NO2, and CO2. These pollutants react with water to create acids as shown below.

II. Discuss how acid deposition causes diebacks of red spruce and sugar maple in the United States. III. Discuss how acid

gives many ideas as to the ways of preventing the emission of sulphur dioxide into the air. “Acid Rain: Scourge from the Skies” deals with a subject that is relevant to scientists and might be able to help them further their research. Correspondingly, people who are researching the topic of acid rain for school, work or just for curiosity would find this essay appealing because it answers a lot of the possible questions that they might have. For example, if someone wanted to know how acid rain

In general, acid rain affects lakes and streams in two ways, which are chronic and episodic.

For example, although lakes smaller than 10 acres were not included in the NSWS, there are from one to four times as many of these small lakes as there are larger lakes. In the Adirondacks, the percentage of acidic lakes is significantly higher when it includes smaller lakes. Streams flowing over soil with low buffering capacity are as susceptible to damage from acid rain as lakes. Approximately 580 of the streams in the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain are acidic primarily due to acidic deposition. In the New Jersey Pine Barrens, for example, over 90 percent of the streams are acidic, which is the highest rate of acidic streams in the nation. Over 1,350 of the streams in the Mid-Atlantic Highlands are acidic, primarily due to acidic deposition.

If the acid pollution in the air continuously adds up the acidity in the rainwater will increase slowly, but surely.

The purpose behind this letter to you is to inform you with the big issue that is taking place in our planet, which is the effect of acid rain on lakes and streams (aquatic systems).

A burden which lays on the shoulders of today’s man is that of climate change, namely, global warming. However, this evil has many ignored byproducts, some which are equally detrimental. In this thesis, we will write about the effects of one of the greatest of this, ocean acidification, known as “global warming’s equally evil twin”.

Acid rain is a direct consequence of the atmosphere's self-cleansing process. The tiny droplets of water that make up clouds continuously capture suspended particles and soluble trace gases. Not all trace gases can be removed by precipitation,

Sulfuric acid formation in the air emanates from pollutants released in the atmosphere especially, from manufacturing industries (Hewayde, Nehdi, Allouche & Nakhla, 2007). When the gas, (sulfur dioxide) is released into the air, it combines with oxygen to form another gas (sulfur trioxide, SO3), which reacts with water to form sulfuric acid (Revie, Uhlig & Wiley, 2011). The reaction is indicated below;

Abstract: Acid rain is a serious environmental concern that implies a serious responsibility for all inhabitants living in a particular ecosystem. Acid rain is a mixture of sulphuric and nitric acids, which formed due to sulphur and nitrogen oxides emissions. The soil acidity is increased in the result of interaction of these acids with components of the atmosphere. Acidification of soil leads to leaching away nutrient cations from the soil and increasing the toxicity of heavy metals. Therefore soil changed chemical characterization in negative side on growth and productivity of forest trees and crop plants. Lowering of water body pH causes negative impact on aquatic flora and fauna. Acid rain has influence on human health also. Man-made materials and structures can be damaged by acid depositions. By reducing the emissions of the precursors of acid rain, the problem of acidification has been reduced during last two decades.

Acid rain is formed when some compounds like nitrogen oxide and sulphur oxide is withdrawn into the air by cars, factories and anything that gives out fumes. These compounds in a gaseous form travel high in the air to mix with the water vapor high up in the air to make acid rain. These two compounds are very easily soluble therefore it can be taken by the wind very far so it spreads really easily.