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What Are the Causes and Effects of Acid Rain on the Environment?
How Acid Rain Impacts the Environment
Industrialized countries such as the UK, Germany, and Spain cause acid rain storms. For example, the Scandinavians have been left vulnerable to acid rain storms, admittedly not entirely of their own doing, but more due to British pollutants. Prevailing winds cause the drift of acid rain clouds from the UK over parts of Scandinavia, such as Norway. Acid rain storms such as these occur due to the following factors.
The primary industrial process behind acid rain is the burning of fossil fuels. As such, this can include the processing of crude oil, iron and steel factories, and utility factories. These industrial processes that involve Sulfur give off Sulfur Dioxide into the atmosphere when burned.
While Sulfur is one of the acid rain gases, the other is Nitrogen Oxide. Nitrogen Oxide is the alternative chemical that causes acid rain storms. Such gases are largely produced by the chemical, car, and automobile industries.
As these gases expand into the atmosphere, they then combine with clouds or water vapor. When Sulfur combines with…
