Acid rain releases aluminium from the soils into the water, an element which is highly toxic to many species of aquatic organisms. Sulfur dioxide itself is a pungent gas which causes breathing difficulties at low concentrations. Nitrogen dioxide can cause respiratory difficulties and damages organ tissue. Under the influence of sunlight, it produces ozone, photochemical smog. Carbon dioxide is an significant contributor to the enhanced greenhouse effect.
Since air is less dense than water wind can only remove fine sediment such as silt, sand, and clay, but unlike running water, wind is not confined to channels. It can have a widespread effect over vast areas, and the faster the wind blows, the more sediment it can move. Wind action in dry climates can result in thick, choking dust storms. Air pressure differences cause wind as air warms and cools and changes density. The extreme temperature fluctuations that can occur in dry climates causes winds to become stronger.
Fuel combustion and automobile transportation are two large factors of air pollution. Both factors release a production of heat and chemicals into the atmosphere causing for an excessive amount of wasted heat. Furthermore, the problem of extra heat leads to the production of a number of harmful health issues and environmental scrutiny. Global warming, global community has long been a vocal advocate and critic of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Hundreds of disease oriented and professional health provider organizations have provided pollution, smog, and ozone layer damaging are all results of air pollution.
If the sample was to re-colloid, it would easily wash right through the filter, causing the analytical results to be low. Once the precipitate is dried, the silver and chlorine can be separated by simply being in the presence of light, illustrated in the below equation: AgCl(s) → Ag(s) + 1/2Cl2(g) This decomposition happens quite quickly in strong light; however, it mostly occurs on the surface of the precipitate because its opaqueness protects all the material below the surface. If there are excess silver ions during the decomposition, another reaction may occur: 3Cl2(g) + 3H2O(l) + 5Ag+(aq) → 5AgCl(s) + ClO3-(aq) + 6H+(aq) In this reaction, some of the chloride
Course # Student name / Names of members of group Date: Exp # : Estimating the effects of acid rain Introduction: Precipitation that measures a pH value below 5.6 is generally considered as acid rain. Burning fossil fuels is the main reason for the elevated levels of gaseous oxides in a polluted atmosphere that in-turn forms acid rain. Gaseous oxides such as that of carbon, sulfur, nitrogen and phosphorus could dissolve in water to form an acidic solution. A generalized reaction sequence on the formation of acid rain is as follows; One of the determinants of clean water in the natural environment is its alkalinity. Alkalinity can be defined as the capacity to neutralize acids.
Large amounts of methane and other poisonous gases released into the air from the gas wells contribute to heavy air pollution and global warming. Fracking has been linked to movement of radioactive materials and heavy metals from the underground layers of the earth to the surface through flow-back
When there is rain the forests holds a lot of rainfall to the soil through roots of plants. The water then sinks deeper in the ground and replenishes the supply of the water table. If there was the removal of these forests then water from rain would flow simply through the soil surface and not be retained. Another effect may be the water from rain will not stay in the soil at all and the process of evaporation would immediately set in therefore not replenishing water table. This would lead to wells drying up.
While this is not a major concern, especially compared to other potential causes of damage, it is a reason to make certain potentially hazardous materials are secure. For example, in the old days, waste chemicals were often stored in chemical ponds, which were just open areas of toxic waste. Normally this only killed whatever birds were unfortunate enough to think it was water, but a tornado, hitting such a thing, could suck it up and redistribute the toxins all over the
Tule fog is a very thick fog that collects in parts of California during the rainy season of the late fall and winter. It has also been known to gather from Bakersfield to chico and occasionally in San Francisco. Tule fog is a type of radiation fog that is created due to the rising of warm air. http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-tule-fog.htm The cold mountain air descends into the San Joaquin Valley and usually forms Tule fog on the first or second clear night after it has rained, skies are cleared and winds are light. This happens when high-pressure returns, creating an inversion with colder air near the earth's surface than aloft.
The wind blows these acidic gases into building, cars, homes and trees. Water that runs of these buildings adds acid to the acid rain, making the combination more acidic than regular rain. Acid rain is measured by a pH scale, the lower the number, the more acidic, Vic versa. The effects of acid rain are, damages of forest soils, fish and other living organisms, it also affects lakes, streams and causes aluminum to be highly toxic to species and aquatic organisms. In North America acid rain affects the Adirondack and the Catskill Mountain in the state