Acid rain is a common term for pollution caused when sulfur and nitrogen dioxides combine with atmospheric moisture to produce a rain‚ snow‚ or hail of sulfuric and nitric acids. Such pollution may also be suspended in a fog‚ or the pollutants may be deposited in dry form. Environmental damage from acid rain has been reported in northern Europe and North America. High levels of acid rain have also been detected in other areas of the world‚ such as above the tropical rain forest of Africa. Acid rain
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I awoke at midday afternoon to the sound of the piercing rain against the roof. It was that usual waking time‚ on days when I have all day to do the things I wanted and all the time to do it but not doing it anyway‚ except that it was raining very hard. Normally I would just shut my eyes back and spend the whole day sleeping. But not this time. I looked out the window momentarily and stared into the open space‚ then curled back to bed. I shifted towards the ceiling‚ paused‚ and before I knew it‚
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Dear Coach Williams‚ i’m writing to you from the Amazon Rain Forest. It’s currently raining and a little humid‚ but the animals don’t seem to mind. There are thousands of species of Animals‚ as well as plants‚ in the Amazon. It does rain a lot and there aren’t really changes in seasons. The soil isn’t the greatest in the Amazon. There are surprisingly many different tribes Here. There are many things to talk about after being here in the Amazon. There are a variety of animals in rainforests
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and how is it prevented? Soil acidification is the build up of hydrogen ions(H+)‚ reducing the pH‚ therefore the soil becomes too acidic. The donor can be an acid‚ such as nitric acid and sulfuric acid.The addition of the acids can be due to acid rain and pollution. Many nitrogen compounds‚ which are added as fertilizer‚ also acidify soil over the long term because they produce nitrous and nitric acid when oxidized in the process of nitrification. Acidification also occurs when base cations such
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March 28‚ 2014 ACID RAIN ENVIRONMENAL EFFECTS What is acid rain? It’s a rain or any other form of precipitation that is unusually acidic‚ meaning that it possesses elevated levels of hydrogen ions (low pH). It can have harmful effects on plants‚ aquatic animals and infrastructure. Acid rain is caused by emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide‚ which react with the water molecules in the atmosphere to produce acids. The most obvious environmental effect of acid rain has been the loss of
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Released in 1951‚ Singin in the Rain was one of the last films to be produced during the profitable golden age of the studio system. It evokes the typical characteristics of the popular MGM Hollywood musical by relying on superstar names and infectious dance numbers. However‚ Singin in the Rain incorporates an additional level of parody into its nostalgic plot that focuses on the disruptive shift from silent movies to "talkies." The film showcases classical Hollywood musical numbers supplemented
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Appreciation for The Cat in the Rain by Ernest Hemingway. by Maria Minakova Hemingway’s style of writing is solidly bound with the image of an iceberg where only a small part of the message is on the surface whilst the greater part of the meaning is hidden “underneath the water”. The short story “The Cat in the Rain” is a brilliant example of this technique‚ so masterly employed by Hemingway in his works. While the story about a couple spending holidays in a hotel and a woman wanting
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Lessons From a Walk in a Rain Forest According to David Suzuki‚ the Choco Rainforest is a stable cosmos of complexity that mustn’t be destroyed in order to sustain communities and ecosystems indefinitely. Although deforestation can be positively utilized in the society‚ it has undeniable flaws. In our modern-day societies‚ profit is the main objective‚ desire and ambition; through the deforestation of such magnificent terrains‚ profit is easily gained. Suzuki stated‚ “…one can’t help but wonder why
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daughter Oganda‚ who asks for news about when it will rain. Labong’o is cryptically speechless. Notably‚ with Ogot’s immediate presentation of this critical concern about whether or not rain will come‚ the reader may at once expect that this concern will be resolved favorably; the title--and there is no evidence that it is meant ironically--assures that "the rain came." Thus‚ the tension raised by this concern shifts to a different question: the rain will presumably come‚ but at what cost? Labong’o’s
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Investigating the effects of acid rain in the growth of cress seedlings IntroductionAcid rain is rain or any other form of precipitation‚ which is unusually acidic. It has harmful effects on plants‚ animals and buildings. Acid rain is mostly caused by human emissions of sulphur and nitrogen compounds which react in the atmosphere to produce acids. Acid rain can slow the growth of vulnerable forests and cause leaves and needles to turn brown and fall off. In addition‚ it depletes minerals from the
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