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This page introduces about 'How' acid rains had already harmed on the planet.

Environmental Impacts

How did Acid Rains impacted on the World environment?

Regions with Acid Rains

In regions where acid rain has occurred, dead or dying trees are frequently seen. Aluminum is removed from the soil by acid rain. Both plants and animals may be harmed by that aluminum. The minerals and nutrients that trees require to develop are also taken out of the soil by acid rain.

Issues In Europe

In Europe, several factors have a negative impact on many surface waterways. The Otra River in southernmost Norway is affected by hydropower development, climate change, and decades of acid deposition, which has caused harm to and the extinction of inland fish populations, particularly brown trout and Atlantic salmon.

Acidic fogs and Clouds

Acidic fog and clouds may deplete nutrients from trees' foliage at high elevations, leaving them with brown or dead leaves and needles. The trees become weaker and less able to survive cold conditions as a result of their decreased ability to absorb sunlight.

Issues In China

Northeastern China has exceptionally high SO2 emissions and ambient concentrations, while the area's acidity is abnormally low (high pH). In the typical scenario, precursor pollutants with high acidity lead to low pH (high acidity) values and acid rain conditions. High SO2 concentrations are often closely connected with high acidities in other places, like southern China and the United States.

Human Health Implications

How did Acid Rains impacted on Human Health?

Respiratory Problems

Inhaling acid rain causes the majority of its negative impacts on health. Respiratory problems like asthma or chronic bronchitis can be brought on by breathing in acid rain, or they can worsen for those who already have them. Additionally, these particles can weaken the heart, increasing the risk of heart attacks and possibly death.

Atmospheric Circumstances

As such, there is not much of a direct impact of acid rain on terrestrial animals. However, acid aerosol smogs can arise when the atmospheric circumstances are favorable for the development of large-scale inversion layers. The respiratory systems of mammals may be impacted by these smogs.

Mitigation Strategies

About Mitigation Strategies :

Source from Europe

A paper from the European Geosciences Union uses the chemical transport model - a simulation of atmospheric chemistry - in order to examine the changes of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions in years between 2000 to 2015 with the key factor - sulfate nitrate ammonium aerosols (Wang et al., 2013).

Renewable Energies

A study introduces the most effective and practical solution to clean energy sources which is renewable energy technology (RET). RET acquires energy from natural resources such as solar energy, wind, waterfalls, gravity effects, and geothermal energy (Dincer, 1999)