acid rain
1. Causes
- Acid Rain is produced when either…
- sulfur oxide (comes from industrial processes) comes into contact with water or…
- when nitrogen oxides (comes from automobiles and power plants) and ions come in contact with water, it forms nitrous and nitric acid.
- Acid Rain is produced when either…
- Damage waterways and wildlife, forests and plants, buildings, and people.
- Acid Rain destruction within the forest eventually turns into soil erosion.
- Causes leaching of metals from substrate (aluminum, mercury, and cadmium). These metals can exceed normal ranges in the aquatic ecosystem.
- Changes the pH of the aquatic environment.
- Depleting nutrients for plant growth
- Removes air from the soil and decreases the soil health.
- Plants can become more vulnerable to diseases and pathogens when it is exposed to acid rain.
- ("Effects of Acid Rain," 2012)
- Damage waterways and wildlife, forests and plants, buildings, and people.