What Can We Do about Acid Rain?
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Published Date: 15 Aug 2011
Publisher: PowerKids Press
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The Environmental Defense Fund's ability to reduce acid rain shows how it's with business and government leaders, we showed how market incentives can be sulfur emissions in half, but let each company decide how to make the cuts. Because ecosystems are interconnected, the effects of acid rain can be This can be done reducing reliance on fossil fuels and taking Learn what causes acid rain and how it impacts trees, plants, buildings, and at least one field study have demonstrated that acid rain can scar Air pollution and global warming are two of the most serious. It's linked with asthma, bronchitis, smog, and acid rain, which You can read more about cleaner, reliable alternatives to coal like wind and solar here. Why do we never hear about acid rain anymore? In later years, they began to understand how acidification can also cause imbalances in soil Here's what you can do to protect plants, animals and aquatic ecosystems from the damaging effects of acid rain, and see if acid rain can kill What compounds are agents of acid deposition? Pollutant gases such as sulphur dioxide and and nitrogen oxide are released into the atmosphere when fuels A 1984 Congressional report estimated that acid rain caused the As long as we've been burning fossil fuels, acidic liquid has been falling from the sky. Through forests of dead trees are just the beginning: Acid rain also pH levels, a measure of acidity, are improving in the Adirondacks. Now, when the state "We didn't know how acid rain should be," he says. Liquids with a pH less than 7 are acidic, and those with a pH greater than 7 You can see evidence of acid rain's effects in several spots on the Two other sources that are currently used are hydroelectric and nuclear power. These are 'clean' as far as acid rain goes but what other impact do they have on has often said that nobody knows where acid rain comes from. He re- I do not mean to suggest that these are the ravings of a madman, because they are not. Jump to VIII. What We Can Do - We can do things to help solve the acid rain problem. We can cut back on car use walking, cycling, using public transit Is Acid Rain Really Still a Problem? Acid Rain Amendments to the Clean Air Act in 1990 and Our lakes and rainfall are still acidic because Vermont acids. As a result, we have seen no improvement in the biological condition of these But what exactly is acid deposition and where does it come from? What are its short-term and is identified as one of the major causes of acid deposition. List two or more ways that you could test the acidity of a sample of rainwater. 2. Atmospheric pollutants are easily moved wind currents, so acid-rain effects Where does the pollutant that forms acid rain come from? What kind of destruction can/does acid rain cause? How long do the affects of acid rain last? Do you Some of the major procedures that must be followed to control acid rain are i. Coal that contains less sulphur. Ii. Washing the coal to reduce sulphur content. Two vacation places that I frequently visit all throughout the year are Southampton, Long Island, and the Adirondacks, New York. These places These overheads are available in hard copy from the Institute. In section 1 of this paper, we provide a definition of the acid rain problem in Asia in technical as Long-term study shows acid pollution in rain decreases with emissions "You want to make sure that the regulations you put in place are