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Understanding Acid Rain and Global Warming

Acid rain is caused by human activities like burning fossil fuels which release sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides into the atmosphere. These gases react with water and other substances to form sulfuric and nitric acids that fall to earth in precipitation like rain or snow. Acid rain harms aquatic animals by making water toxic and also damages forests by depleting nutrients from soil. The greenhouse effect occurs naturally from greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and water vapor that trap heat in the lower atmosphere, keeping the Earth's surface warmer than it would otherwise be. However, human activities like burning fossil fuels have increased carbon dioxide levels, intensifying the greenhouse effect and causing global warming with consequences like rising sea levels and more extreme weather.

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Understanding Acid Rain and Global Warming

Acid rain is caused by human activities like burning fossil fuels which release sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides into the atmosphere. These gases react with water and other substances to form sulfuric and nitric acids that fall to earth in precipitation like rain or snow. Acid rain harms aquatic animals by making water toxic and also damages forests by depleting nutrients from soil. The greenhouse effect occurs naturally from greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and water vapor that trap heat in the lower atmosphere, keeping the Earth's surface warmer than it would otherwise be. However, human activities like burning fossil fuels have increased carbon dioxide levels, intensifying the greenhouse effect and causing global warming with consequences like rising sea levels and more extreme weather.

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A Presentation on Acid Rain,

Greenhouse effect and Global Warming

Presented By: Udoy Saha


Acid Rain
What is acid rain?
• Acid rain is any form
of precipitation with high levels of
nitric acid and sulfuric acids
It can occur in the form of:
•Snow
•Fog
•Dry materials that settle to earth
•Normal rain is slightly
acidic due to the dissolved carbon
dioxide
•Acid rain contains sulfuric
and nitric acid making the rain a
thousand times more acidic and
dangerous
Most acid rain is caused by
human activities:
•When people burn fossil
fuels sulfur dioxide and
nitrogen oxides are released
into the atmosphere
•These gases react with
water, oxygen and
other substances to form sulfuric
acid
•Nitric acid winds may spread
these
acidic solutions over hundreds of
miles after it falls to earth
Effects
•Acid rain can make water toxic to
the aquatic animals.
•Non aquatic species such as birds
is often affected as well.
•Drains also harm forests by
robbing the soil’s essential
nutrients and

By designing cleaner power plants


and using fewer fossil fuels
we can reduce the number of
pollutants
that create acid rain.
Greenhouse Effect
What is Greenhouse Effect?
• Earth's greenhouse effect
greatly affects climate.
• The presence of an
atmosphere keeps the
surface of the planet
warmer.
• The planet emits long-
wave radiation by the
atmosphere into space to
equal the solar radiation
absorbed by it.
• The rest is absorbed by clouds
and by greenhouse gases in
the atmosphere.
• The abundant greenhouse
gases are water vapor and
carbon dioxide.
• Shortwave radiation from the
Sun passes through
greenhouse gases but long
wave radiation is absorbed by
them.
• Like the glass in a greenhouse
the atmosphere traps some of
the energy beneath it which
makes the Earth warmer.
•The other gases include
water vapour, carbon
dioxide, nitrous oxide
and methane.
•These gases are referred N 2O
to as greenhouse gases.
•Without these gases the
heat would actually
escape back into space
CH4
•Then, Earth's average
temperature would be
about 60 degrees
Fahrenheit colder.
Effects
• Rise in global warming
• Increased carbon dioxide
levels will affect biological
systems
• Polar ice caps melting
• Increased probability and
intensity of droughts and heat
waves
• Warmer waters and more
hurricanes
• Spread of disease
Global Warming
Carbon
Carbon has been entering the
atmosphere as carbon dioxide gas
from:
• Volcanoes
• Decaying plant matter
• Breathing creatures and;
• The surface of the sea.
They leave the atmosphere when
they're used by plants during
• Photosynthesis
• Absorbed back into the ocean or;
• Stored in soil and sediment.
• This is called the carbon cycle, and
it's the engine of life on Earth.
• While waiting to be
reabsorbed, the carbon dioxide
traps a portion of the sun's heat,
which would otherwise escape
to space.
• It creates a blanket of warmth,
known as the greenhouse
effect, that keeps our Earth
from freezing like Mars.
• The more carbon dioxide hangs
out in the atmosphere waiting
to be cleared, the warmer Earth
becomes.
• About 200 years ago, we began
digging up the old carbon that had
been stored in the soil as fossil
fuels.
• The energy stored inside them
was able to power our factories,
cars and power plants.
• Burning these fuels also injected
new carbons into the Earth’s
atmosphere.
• At the same time, we cleared
forests for agriculture.
• Since 1750, the amount of carbon
in the atmosphere has increased
by 40%.
Effects
•Climate change may effect different
people and places in different ways.
•The extra carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere accelerates the
greenhouse effect. causing polar ice
caps to melt.
•And the more they melt, the less
sunlight they're able to reflect,
making the oceans warm even
faster.
•Sea levels rise, coastal populations
are threatened with flooding,
•Natural ecosystems are disrupted,
•And the weather becomes more
extreme over time.
Thank you for Attending!
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