Most of us have heard of acid rain. But have you ever heard of acid fog, acid snow or even acid dust? Depending on where you live, acid raid can take on many forms, but the effects to our environment and health are all the same. Acid rain is mainly casued by sulfur dioxides and nitrogen oxides released into our atmoshphere from the burning of fossil fuels. These chemicals can travel for thousands of miles and once they react with water and oxygen they for fulfuric and nitric acid acording to the environmental page of National Geographic. The National Geographic also states that due to this reaction, PH balace of rain can drop well below the 5.6 average acidic levels in rain. Over a period of time, low PH balace of rain will begin to also affect marine life. This article reports that once PH balance falls below 4.5, all fish, frogs, insects and bottom-dwelling bacterial decomposers begin to die. I remember when i was really young hearing in the news how car paint had begun to deteriorate after long exposure to acid rain. Acid rain also robs the soil of essential nutrients for plant life and trees. Acid rain affects our oceans, rivers, lakes and streams and potentially causing severe agricutural implications. Once our agricultural fields begin to be effected, we will see shortage of vegetation and continued economic downturn. The only way to fight acid rain is by restricting the pollutants that cause it. This means burning fewer fossil fuels! So instead of driving to work why not take public transportation, and if you have to drive, carpooling is another great way to become an environmentally friendly consumer!
omg i to cute foe acid rain, fog, and snow... o my its very scary to think of these thing but can we relly prevent this from happeing? are we doing enough by car pooling?
ReplyDeleteCar pooling is only the first step, but what people don't know is that there is already levels of acid in the rain that falls with out the extra pollutants.
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