acid rain

Examples of acid rain in the following topics:

• The Sulfur Cycle

  • As a part of the amino acid cysteine, it is involved in the formation of disulfide bonds within proteins, which help to determine their 3-D folding patterns and, hence, their functions.
  • As rain falls through the atmosphere, sulfur is dissolved in the form of weak sulfuric acid (H2SO4), creating acid rain.
  • The burning of large quantities of fossil fuels, especially from coal, releases large amounts of hydrogen sulfide gas into the atmosphere, creating acid rain.
  • Acid rain is corrosive rain that causes damage to aquatic ecosystems and the natural environment by lowering the pH of lakes, which kills many of the resident fauna; it also affects the human-made environment through the chemical degradation of buildings.
  • For example, many marble monuments, such as the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, have suffered significant damage from acid rain over the years.

• Air Pollution

  • Acid rain: acidic precipitation that occurs when the pollutants sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide react with water in the atmosphere.

• Volcanoes

  • Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas, and sulfur dioxide, hydrogen chloride, and hydrogen fluoride are all components of acid rain.
  • Sulfur dioxide is converted into aerosolized sulfuric acid, which reflects solar radiation and leads to atmospheric cooling, agricultural decline, and occasionally famine.

• Protecting the Environment

  • Among other things, the legislation incorporated an innovative market-based system designed to secure a substantial reduction in sulfur dioxide emissions, which produce what is known as acid rain.

• The Nitrogen Cycle

  • Atmospheric nitrogen is associated with several effects on earth's ecosystems, including the production of acid rain (as nitric acid, HNO3) and greenhouse gas (as nitrous oxide, N2O), potentially causing climate change.

• Electron Donors and Acceptors in Anaerobic Respiration

  • Complete denitrification is an environmentally significant process because some intermediates of denitrification (nitric oxide and nitrous oxide) are important greenhouse gases that react with sunlight and ozone to produce nitric acid, a component of acid rain.

• Nitrate Reduction and Denitrification

  • Complete denitrification is an environmentally significant process because some intermediates of denitrification (nitric oxide and nitrous oxide) are significant greenhouse gases that react with sunlight and ozone to produce nitric acid, a component of acid rain.

• Indicating Who Cares

  • The effect of fossil fuels on the environment is well documented, ranging from acid rain to climate change.

• Plant Responses to Wind and Touch

  • Application of jasmonic acid is sufficient to trigger tendril coiling without a mechanical stimulus.
  • Researchers hypothesize that mechanical strain from wind, rain, or movement by other living things induces growth and differentiation to strengthen the tissues.

• Remarks on the Concept of “Probability”

  • If it has rained in Seattle on 62% of the last 100,000 days, then the probability of it raining tomorrow might be taken to be 0.62.
  • For example, if tomorrow is August 1, a day of the year on which it seldom rains in Seattle, we should only consider the percentage of the time it rained on August 1.
  • No, she did not say it would not rain, only that rain was unlikely.
  • So when is it accurate to say that the probability of rain is 0.10?
  • According to our frequency interpretation, it means that it will rain 10% of the days on which rain is forecast with this probability.