Acid rain has ecological consequences in that it affects the soil, vegetation, especially forests, lakes and hence fish. The main causes of acid rain are gases called sulfur dioxide so2 and nitrogen oxides nox. Acid rain facts and information national geographic. Acid rain forms when certain atmospheric gases primarily carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide, and. Acid rain is a local environment pollution but global concern.
Comprehensive collection of powerpoint presentations ppt for evs. Acid rain and its effect in hindi evs lectures youtube. Some of these gases especially nitrogen oxides and sulphur dioxide react with the tiny droplets of water in clouds to form sulphuric and nitric acids. Acid rain is a rain or any other form of precipitation that is unusually acidic, meaning that it has elevated levels of hydrogen ions low ph. Effects, control pdf of full length paper is available with author.
Acid rain is caused by the emissions of sulfur dioxide so2 and nitrogen. Nowadays, acid rain has become the talks of the day. Learning about acid rain a teachers guide for grades 6. Ugc net acid rain for first grade, net,reet,tet,etc all exam duration.
This project allows your students to get a handson look at possible sources of acid rain in their area. Acid rain is the term given to increased acidity of rain due to the effects of gases from. Although the number of vehicles, plying in indian cities including metropolitan is still insignificant as compared to the. In particular, acid rain falling over the oceans is rapidly neutralized by the large supply of co3 2ions chapter 6. It causes economic damage to manmade structures buildings, fabrics. Today every body has a craze for having own vehicles and in most of the cities automobiles are rapidly becoming the main source of air pollution.
Phase i of acid rain program implementation begins. Project report on acid rain environmental pollution. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Study the causes, effects, along with a few examples and understand the prevention measures. Called acid rain, it can cause environmental devastation. Acid rain, sulphuric, deposition, nitrogen, pollutants causes. You can find epa content listed alphabetically, from acid rain to wetlands. Acid rain was discovered in the 19th century by robert angus. Rain is called acid rain only if it has more acid than normal. Introduction to acid rain normal rain water is always slightly acidic because c02 present in atmosphere, get dissolved in it form carbonic acid.
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