Persuasive Essay On Acid Rain

The rising carbon dioxide (CO2) from the burning of fossil fuels and other human activities continues to affect our atmosphere, resulting in global warming and climate change. This carbon dioxide is also altering the chemistry of the oceans, causing them to become more acidic. From scientists and marine resource managers, to policy and decision-makers, there is growing concern that the process called ocean acidification could have drastic consequences on marine ecosystems. Such as altering species composition, disrupting marine food webs and ecosystems and harming fishing, tourism and other human activities connected to the sea.

Do you ever look outside on a rainy night and think to yourself why are we destroying our own habitat. Of course you don’t. You are more rapped up in the beauty of a calm and serene shower with the wind blowing and a gentle howl of the breeze trickling through the trees. Why would you think of something bad? Well, maybe you should start thinking of rain as a bad thing. Maybe not rain, but what is in the rain.

Everyday, a worker wakes up and gets ready for the day, dropping their trash outside the door on their way to work. They work at the factory just down the river from their house, the same factory that is giving cancer to people all around the nation. A direct result of inattention to waste, the waters of China have become heavily polluted and toxic. Jenifer and Jerry McBeath put the drastic nature of China’s water condition into proportion when they state that “water degradation… has reached crisis proportions”. Already, countless areas of the ocean, rivers, and waterways are unusable or polluted as a result of these past abuses and lacking regulations. Even over half of all rivers in the country are unsafe for human contact (Hsu; Tibi). This an extremely severe amount of pollution that the government and citizens have loosely controlled, despite the fact that pollution in these quantity leads to serious health problems. It’s not to say China has been ignoring their pollution problem; in fact China has enacted over ninety articles regulating water pollution (Li and Liu). If these issues are not regulated properly, the pollution levels will continue to increase and become even more detrimental to all life in China. In order for China to continue to prosper, additional regulations and their enforcement thereof must be put in place for the waters to be cleaned and rehabilitated to working condition.

Acid rain, to our eyes, is not much different from regular rain, but the contents of that precipitation can be devastating to plant-life and ecosystems. Acid rain is formed in the atmosphere when gases such as sulfur dioxide are oxidized; sulfur trioxide is converted into sulfuric acid by a chemical reaction with water, or when nitrogen dioxide reacts with hydroxide to form nitric acid. The most oxidation reactions are with ozone, hydrogen peroxide, and of course, oxygen. There are many causes of acid rain, both natural and man-made sources of gases like dimethyl sulfide, which is the most abundant biological sulfur containing compound, and also nitrogen dioxide, but some sources are more plentiful than those.

Climate change is a serious problem that will affect all of the inhabitants and systems of Earth. Gaia was previously responsible for maintaining sustainability of the Earth’s systems, however, Gaia is losing its ability to maintain homeostasis because of these severe environmental changes that are taking place. There must be a push to educate people on what the anthropogenic causes of climate change are and how we can prevent them from negatively impacting our environment. People also need to understand the severe consequences of climate change, which include desertification, rising sea levels, more frequent severe weather, and the potential loss of our food supplies. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization also needs to push for regulations on fossil fuel emissions and help create incentives to prevent major corporations from polluting. Last, everyone needs to make an effort to cut back on their individual emissions by using more sustainable energy sources, cutting back on automobile use, and consuming fewer animal products.

Climate change has been a highly debated topic since the turn of the century, making it a common topic across the nation since it first immerged. It has even gone as far as becoming a personal subject for many, covering issues people now encounter on a daily basis. Whether it seems to affect someone directly, or indirectly, the issue is constantly passed aside for future generations to deal with, since the problem is not at hand. But this notion has been disproven almost completely by people who live through the aftermath of coal and oil industries. Even through seeing the issue in front of them, why is it that people are not confronting the problem, in order to better their lives, and lives of others? As harsh and vulgar as it may seem, the root of the evil lies in the status of classes; the high elites being the most powerful have no consequences held over them, and yet the poor bottom class have to handle multiple responsibilities on top of the current ones they already have.

According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), climate change is a change in the usual weather found in a place and is applied to measure each places weather patterns; the combination and average of each individual climate equates to the Earth's climate which is recorded and analyzed to detect notable deviations. Amusingly, when challenged with the discussion of human behavior and activity and climate change, many skeptics will rely on the conventional wisdom that reduces climate change to a an unmeasurable theory or a hoax perpetrated by the elite or better yet, the Chinese, to eliminate competition among the worlds top economic superpowers. In essence, climate change has been researched and peer reviewed by thousands of climate scientists who most certainly carefully conducted their research with methods such as positivism and empiricism which was then followed by the consensus of 97% (or more) of climate scientists that human induced climate change is unmistakably real.

Despite an immense amount of scientific and technological progress, an extensive problem is being blatantly ignored by none other than the president of arguably the most powerful country in the world. President Donald Trump believes it is beneficial for the United States of America to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord, regardless of the fact that the U.S. holds a substantial amount of responsibility regarding climate change. The effects of it are detrimental to those from developing countries, that are accountable for little to none of the causes attributed to climate change, but both the global North and the global South will face an economic decline.

Climate change is pressing issue in the world for quite some time now. Early it was known more aggressively as global warming, but most recently it has been considered as climate change. But over the years there being many different perspectives and viewpoints on the issue. Some nations don’t even think about in their quest to become a developed nation. Certain Developed nations have taken great strides in preventing climate change. Other Developed nations are aware of what’s happening to the planet, but haven’t taken too many decisions in Preventing climate change. But why do different nations have different perspectives on climate change? Recently the United States have been weak on climate change to ensure jobs, but many are critical of Recent Presidents trump climate Change policy and Europe is leading the way combating climate change with Paris agreement.

Debate around the global climate change has reached a fever pitch in recent years. Though the storm has been swirling around for the past two decades, little more than talk and sweet nothings have pervaded discourse. Though certain political segments have taken the downside seriously, they have had difficulty mobilizing all fronts. The looming question: how to secure our energy future? Ideally, the gradual weaning off non-renewables and transitioning into clean, sustainable fuels would occur naturally. Citizens would notice climate effects and realize the importance of meeting long-term energy needs, making changes in their daily lives accordingly. This shift is not happening fast enough, though. So, the more important question regards speeding up the process. Policymakers should adhere to a three-point plan: subsidize clean energy and provide incentives for transition, impose a carbon tax, and work with international governments to diffuse the benefits of judicious climate policy. If implemented together, these policies will seriously abate climate effects in the United States, and provide substantial economic benefits. And if pitched properly in the international theater, the United States can lead by example and have worldwide consequences. Making these policies palatable across political sensibilities presents a deep challenge. Moreover, bogus opposition to the transition has been spouted through megaphones and recycled in public debates. A sensible response that digs

“The inhabitants of Earth are quietly conducting a gigantic environmental experiment” claimed Dr. Wallace S. Broecker of Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (Gelbspan 28). While referred as an “experiment,” this is something much more malicious than the word entails. Over time this experiment, climate change, has worsened and improved, but recently, due to industrial practices, climate change has been set on a path that is becoming harder to reverse by the day. However, climate change, can be prevented from progressing further through avoiding certain products or sources of energy. Climate change, the devastating problem facing the planet for a very large period of time, over recent years worsened due to humans, transformed immensely, yet became more possible to prevent.

To properly engage the average high school student on why they should pursue a major in environmental science, it is pivotal to showcase unexpected consequences of consistent indifferent behavior towards preserving and improving the environment. In a world where the environment’s shifting conditions due to climate change become more prevalent and impactful, it should be evident that modifications are necessary. However, the exact change and path to fluctuating behaviors and societal perceptions of climate change make this an extremely difficult subject to tackle. Climate change in its simplest form is defined by NASA as “a change in the typical weather of a region or city”. The chart below highlights the significance and severity of the climate related issues and the risks they pose with natural disasters, extreme weather events, involuntary migration, food crises, and failure of climate change adaptation posing the greatest risks.

Acid Rain Within this past century, acidity of the air and acid rain have become recognized as one of the leading threats to our planet’s environment. No longer limited by geographic boundaries, acid causing emissions are causing problems all over the world. Some laws have been passed which limit the amount of pollutants that are released into the air, but tougher legislation must be implemented before this problem can be overcome.      Acid rain is produced, when automobiles, smelters, power plants, and other industrial factories burn fossil fuels such as gasoline, coal, and fuel oils.

Polluted rain is called acid rain. Some acids are helpful. We have acid in our stomachs to break down and digest food. We use vinegar, an acid, to pickle cucumbers. Acids like these help us. But, acids can also be harmful. If there is too much acid in garden soil, plants will not grow. Some acids will burn your skin. Acid rain is harmful rain. When it falls on living things–plants, animals and people–it can harm or kill them. Leaves burned by acid rain cannot make oxygen or collect carbon dioxide needed for photosynthesis.

Don’t you always wish to taste the fresh rain in April? Nowadays, you may want to think twice before doing something like that. The rain might turn out to be acid rain. You may be wondering what acid rain is. Acid rain looks, feels, and tastes exactly like normal rain, but it is very different and very dangerous. Acid rain is caused by a chemical reaction in certain substances. These substances originate from many pollution sources. The most abundant chemicals in pollution are sulfur dioxide and various nitrogen oxides. When these materials are released into the atmosphere, they undergo various physical and chemical changes. The most important chemical reaction is the transformation of the sulfur and nitrogen oxides into acids. Sulfuric