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When the thought of acid rain comes to mind, a thought of burning acid falling from the sky and destroying everything in sight, and as weird as this sounds it is not that far from the truth. With the population of the world rising, the need for energy increases. When more energy is needed more sulfu...
1. Acid Rain is caused by pollution containing sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, and ozone that is released into the air. These chemicals are absorbed into clouds and results in Acid Presipitation ( Acid Rain, Acid Snow, Acid Hail, Acid Sleet ). When the chemicals aren\'t absorbed into the clouds, the...
We hear about acid rain all the time in the news, and it is essential to the earth\'s ecosystem. In simple terms, acid rain is rain that is more acidic than normal. All objects in nature have a certain acidity level, but acid rain has too much acid in it. Acid rain is a complicated problem caused by...
What is acid precipitation? What are the effects of it? Where is this acid coming from? What can we do to stop it? These are questions you should be able to answer after reading this paper.Acid Rain, or acid precipitation, is the word used to describe rainfall that has a pH level of less than 5....
ACID RAINTo think that when I turn on a light switch in my home in Northeast Ohio, that it's more likely than ever that someone in New York, New England or the U.S. Justice Department notices. This is a frightening thought, but one that is exactly true. The turning on of that light switch sets in mo...
Acid Rain Acid Rain Introduction Acid rain has become an environmental concern of global importance within the last decade. With the increasing environmental awareness of the "unhealthy" condition of our planet earth the concern about acid rain has not lessened. In brief, acid rain is...
ACID RAIN By Tore Johnston Imagine looking out the window in the morning and only being able to see a few blocks. It is not snow that you see neither is it heavy rain. It appears to be fog, but not regular fog, it is a harmful, acidic and ugly fog that is a result of very bad air pollution....
In this paper I will describe the molecular structure and the chemical properties of water. Also I will discuss the importance of water to living organisms and the effects of acid rain on our environment. Water, as a molecule is a bent molecule and this characteristic makes it a very polar. W...
Dear Mr. President, I am writing you this letter to encourage you to take a closer look at an increasingly efficient form of transportation. This from of transportation is wind-powered automobiles. The reason these automobiles are so efficient is that, aside from a small amount of energy to sta...
Air Pollution in Ontario Air pollution is a major topic in our society it is a subject to be taken seriously because it causes many problems in our environment causing it to be very unhealthy for our living lifestyle. Air pollution is described as the accumulation of something where it is no...
Throughout history humans began to expand their territory and with the aid of technology they assimilated the land to do what they want. Humans being more of an intelligent species looked back at what they were doing and saw that they were endangering or killing other species, and their surrounding...
Water Degradation Based on the article: River Life Through U.S. Broadly Degraded. By William K. Stevens, Jan. 26, 93 Society has been presented with a broad spectrum of cause and effectrelationships within the water based ecosystems. Without a conscious effort torehabilitate our water systems ma...