Acid Rain: Adversity on Atmospheric Carbon

• Main Authors: Lister, Andrew, Bromberg, Hannah, Mancuso, Kayla
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: NSUWorks 2009
• Subjects: Carbonic acid
• Online Access: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/student_symposium/2009/program/58

―Acid Rain‖ is the deposition of wet and dry acidic pollutants that have been shown tocause damage to the environment. Dissolved atmospheric carbon dioxide in clouds and rain undergoes a chemical reaction with water to form carbonic acid, thereby changing the pH of unpolluted rain water from 7.0 to 5.7. When unpolluted rain acquires additional acidity through the reactions of air pollutants with water, stronger acids are formed. Deposits from acid rain on the earth‘s surface have adverse effects on oceans,forests, soils, organisms, buildings and mankind. Acid rain clearly has an adverse affect on the carbon cycle of the atmosphere.