Acid rain has impacted soil, forest and vegetation, wildlife and human activities. alternatives/ solutions to acid rain is to reduce air pollution by decreasing the use of fossil fuel. Impacts of Asia’s acid rain according to the World Resources, acid rain is now mostly problematic in areas of southeast China, northeast India, Thailand, and the Republic of Korea that are downwind of urban and industrial centers. High levels of acid rain in these areas led to the decline in crop yields and tree growth.
I find it interesting that the U.S isn’t one of the major countries dealing with acid rain just because of all the manufacturing and population growth we have especially in California but we seem to have more solutions to decrease the use of fossil fuel. This has so much significance to Environmental Science because if it wasn’t due to air pollution acid rain wouldn’t be such a dramatic defect. However if you really think about it acid rain seems to be more prominent in third world countries. Most likely due to the fact that they burn more fossil fuels.
Network, B. E., & Juhi Chaudhary, Earth Journalism Network. (2016, June 9). Acid Rain. Retrieved September 17, 2016, from http://earthjournalism.net/resources/acid-rain
It was very interesting to learn about the effects of acid rain. Hopefully acid rain and pollution will be lessened in the future so crops can grow. How much of an effect does acid rain have on people?
Acid rain is no more dangerous to humans than clean water. However, it does damage human health.
Is acid rain damaging to structures, such as buildings? Or does it only effect crops?
Acid rain is corrosive and can increase the rate of corrosion on limestone and marble. Which harms the foundation of buildings and certain structures.
Wow, this was very interesting. What can we do to reduce the detrimental effects of acid rain?