| National levels of ozone and soot are down, as are emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrous oxide, key components of smog and acid rain. |
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| Trees also clear the air of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide, two major components of acid rain and ozone pollution. |
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| One industrial application of acid-base titration is in the attempt to overcome the damage from acid rain and related air pollution. |
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| Scientific work in the 1970s and 1980s into acid rain had a strong effect on arousing governments and the public, and reducing sulphur emissions. |
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| The city children got a chance to be in the country and become aware of the watershed system, acid rain and pollution. |
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| Unlike burning coal or oil, wave and wind machines do not spew sulphur and cause acid rain. |
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| Nitrogen and sulphur emissions cause acid rain which can wipe out populations of fish. |
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| The emissions from tall stacks disperse pollutants into the upper atmosphere, contributing to transboundary pollution, such as acid rain. |
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| Oxides of sulfur and nitrogen react with water vapor in the atmosphere and then are precipitated out as acid rain. |
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| Transport is a major source of two of the constituents of acid rain, namely sulphur dioxide and nitrous oxides. |
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| Coal is the most polluting fuel in our energy mix contributing, among other things, to smog, acid rain and global warming. |
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| The sulphur and other effusions caused acid rain, but would have bled from the atmosphere quite quickly. |
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| Deforestation and overgrazing destroy productive land, while acid rain damages crops. |
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| The soft acid rain that has fallen this summer has left the countryside a veritable patchwork quilt of colour. |
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| We have greatly limited sulfur emissions from electricity generation, thereby reducing risks from acid rain. |
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| Power generated from fossil fuels causes smog, mercury pollution, acid rain and global warming. |
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| Taukat showed his agreement by muttering the words of a spell and conjuring a cloud of acid rain over the unsuspecting targets. |
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| Wind energy doesn't produce sulfur dioxide or nitrous oxides that cause acid rain, and it does hot disrupt the Earth's climate. |
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| When acid rain falls in lakes and rivers, it increases the acidity of the water and can kill or seriously damage aquatic organisms. |
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| Other aviation gases include hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides, and sulfur dioxide, which contribute to acid rain. |
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| The soft acid rain that has fallen this summer has the countryside a veritable patchwork quilt of colour. |
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| Nitrogen oxides can react with hydrocarbons to yield nitric acid, a primary ingredient in acid rain. |
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| This can be caused by anything such as acid rain, pollution, sheep dip getting in, anything. |
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| For example, emissions of sulphur dioxide by one state will be carried by winds and deposited as acid rain on downwind countries. |
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| Wind energy doesn't produce sulfur dioxide or nitrous oxides that cause acid rain, and it does not disrupt the Earth's climate. |
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| Global environmental issues like acid rain, ozone depletion, and climate change are relatively recent phenomena. |
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| A light spill of acid rain was pattering against his window. |
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| Countless lakes have been more or less sterilized by acid rain. |
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| Lichens are intolerant to the presence of sulfur dioxide in acid rain and different species of lichen have different threshold levels before death occurs. |
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| A potent threat to the environment of industrialized countries and their neighbors, acid rain occurs when precipitation picks up industrial chemicals as it falls to earth. |
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| Although the pollutants may be deposited in dry form or in rain, snow, or fog, the deposition phenomenon is often called acid rain or acid precipitation. |
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| Scientist say that owing haphazard growth of polluting industries have led to increase in global temperature, acid rain, green house effect, ozone hole, and deforestation. |
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| Several essential elements are depleted from many soils by overfarming, acid rain, or the many geological forces that dictate soil mineral content. |
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| Conversely, it is conceivable that they just enjoy drenching themselves in an acid rain of squalor and degeneracy, and that their disciples are self-loathing masochists. |
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| Clean air issues, such as smog and acid rain, primarily influence the lowest part of the atmosphere, which is also the zone of air we breathe. |
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| The territorial governments were not involved in these efforts because acid rain was not believed to be an environmental problem there. |
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| Major environmental problems faced by China are pollution in rivers, lakes and seas, as well as urban air pollution and acid rain, the report said. |
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| In some areas, should the winds change and the volcanoes' acidic smoke billow over farmland, acid rain can destroy an entire harvest. |
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| Global warming, acid rain, nuclear disasters, oil spills and toxic waste are today major threats to our world. |
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| Sulphur dioxide causes acid rain and damages both human health and the natural environment. |
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| The work is directed towards the priority issues of acid rain, toxic chemicals, photochemical smog, and stratospheric ozone. |
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| It was the mid-1980s and many scientists pointed the finger at one, hitherto unsuspected, environmental culprit: acid rain. |
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| This is the system that I understand was used successfully to deal with the acid rain problem that afflicted the Great Lakes. |
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| He was a member of the Conservative government of the day that signed the free trade agreement and the historic acid rain treaty. |
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| Canadian ecosystems have suffered from exposure to acid rain in the past and are struggling to recover. |
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| Dredging, intensive aquaculture, logging and acid rain have also affected the natural balance of wetlands. |
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| In 1998, the State Council approved the plans of establishing acid rain and SO2 pollution controlling zones and the targets of pollution control. |
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| It was here during the 70's and 80's that scientists conducted ground-breaking studies on the effects of acid rain. |
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| Low calcium levels may also slow the biological recovery of lakes from the higher acidity levels that were also caused by acid rain. |
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| Clear varnish for any antenna, protects against salt, acid rain and UV light. |
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| Jea got a sudden inspiration, she stuck out her arms and started turning and spinning in circles down the block, in the acid rain of New York City. |
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| Therefore, regions where this form of rock is present are especially sensitive to the effects of acid rain, and lakes in these areas become acidified very quickly. |
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| Lau said it would require a forest 58 times the size of Hong Kong to soak up the city's carbon dioxide wastes, and that the sulphur dioxide would create acid rain. |
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| Pollution from coal plants is also a main cause of acid rain and is one of the largest sources of carbon dioxide emissions, which cause global warming. |
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| Levels of sulphur dioxide, a major source of acid rain, have declined over recent years, but pollutants causing eutrophication have been increasing. |
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| The products work by creating a seal over the car's paintwork, protecting it from fading caused by ultraviolet radiation, road salts, pollution and acid rain. |
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| When the fuel is burnt, toxic gases such as sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide are given off, which combine with water in the air to form acid rain. |
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| In the 1980s and early 1990s, acid rain was at the top of the environmental agenda, with images of dying forests and lakes firmly lodged in the public conscience. |
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| I'm thinking about how Hubba Hubba Boy doesn't know I'm the No. 1 scorer on the mathletes team or that my science fair project on acid rain won the grand prize last year. |
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| In the past, the evolution of sulfur dioxide from roasting facilities was a major cause of acid rain, but most sulfur dioxide is now captured and used to make sulfuric acid. |
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| In 1988, she made a major speech accepting the problems of global warming, ozone depletion, and acid rain. |
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| In the nearby inner Bay of Fundy rivers unaffected by acid rain, the numbers of returning wild salmon declined even more precipitously as a result of high marine mortality. |
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| This is due to the difficulty in simulating variables such as dirt pickup, air pollution, acid rain, wind-borne particle erosion and mildew. |
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| The lakes and rivers that have been killed biologically by acid rain and water pollution stand in silent reproof of our reckless treatment of our natural inheritance. |
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| Reducing the energy consumption of this equipment will help combat smog, acid rain and long-term changes to the climate by decreasing the emissions that result from generating electricity. |
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| Many limestone statues and building surfaces have suffered severe damage due to acid rain. |
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| Metal loading, the release of toxic metals from volcanic eruptions into the environment, led to acid rain and general stress on the environment. |
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| The permanent Venusian clouds produce a concentrated acid rain, as the clouds in the atmosphere of Earth produce water rain. |
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| His hope was that the calcium carbonate would counter the acid in the stream from acid rain and save the trout that had ceased to spawn. |
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| This shows that CaCO3 can be added to neutralize the effects of acid rain in river ecosystems. |
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| East of the Mississippi, where acid rain has always been the worst, the Adirondack Mountains have seen the greatest improvement in stream health. |
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| In addition to the fast dwindling resources, the acid rain is going to add to the dire situation. |
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| But in Ahvaz, the precipitation was described as acid rain, which brought more pollutants down upon the city. |
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| Then in the sixties the effects of acid rain hit the rivers and gradually most of the fish stocks were lost. |
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| Cemeteries make perfect outdoor laboratories for measuring damage caused by acid rain. |
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| Al Ain Do not panic or believe the contents of an e-mail or SMS that you receive predicting acid rain in the Arabian Gulf. |
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| Buried pipes are isolated from airborne debris, electrical storms, tornadoes, hurricanes, hail, and acid rain. |
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| However, gunpowder smoke and the solid residues are basic, and as such the net effect of fireworks on acid rain is debatable. |
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| These cause acid rain and forest blight and are a danger to our health. |
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| This will help reduce emission contributions to smog and acid rain. |
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| An easy-to-read handbook for the fight against acid rain and global warming, The Canadian Junior Green Guide addresses the issue of garbage disposal and other environmental problems. |
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| In connection with sulphur dioxide emissions we have become accustomed to the issue of acid rain, which is damaging to the natural environment and buildings, but which is also a serious and growing health problem. |
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| The summer of acid rain ReprintsFar from fleeing a tyrant, MacDonald had in fact had to plead with a concerned captain of the Plymouth, a whaler out of Sag Harbour, New York, to be put down in the waters near Japan. |
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| Such problems are best resolved by making the polluter pay: America should tax sulphur-dioxide emissions or compensate Canada for the costs of acid rain. |
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| Wild lands and waters, and even stringently protected wilderness areas, are vulnerable to oil spills, acid rain, sedimentation, radioactive dust, long-lasting toxic chemicals, and invasive plants and nonnative animals. |
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| Similarly, acid rain and industrial waste have led to the contamination of air, water and soil around the world, and most environmental destruction has also been brought about by the development of science and technology. |
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| From respiratory illness to cancer, from acid rain to large-scale climate change, the effects of air pollution and greenhouse-gas production in Canada are wide-ranging and increasingly keenly felt. |
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| Liming may not return the local environment to the condition it was once in, but it may allow it to sustain the species that are currently being threatened by acid rain. |
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| In actuality, the acid rain, the effluents that are being discharged, are on the outside part of what the question is, but it is an issue, especially with the fish habitat and all of that. |
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| This is an approach that was used by, if I dare say, Prime Minister Mulroney on the acid rain problem which was previously considered to be an unresolvable impasse. |
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| It can also damage vegetation, reduce crop yields and stunt the growth of forests and, like acid rain, it can eat into and destroy the fabric of buildings and works of art. |
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| Continue partnerships with Québec's Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune and Environment Canada regarding monitoring programs for acid rain and atmospheric pollution. |
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| In these countries the filter is of particular interest to operators engaged in lime spraying operations for the treatment of forests affected by acid rain. |
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| In soils, for instance, acid rain causes lixiviation and mobilisation of heavy metals, which are then incorporated into the trophic chain. |
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| Gas emissions from volcanoes are a natural contributor to acid rain. |
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| Combustion of fossil fuels generates sulfuric, carbonic, and nitric acids, which fall to Earth as acid rain, impacting both natural areas and the built environment. |
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| Acid rain may be of extra concern to vehicle owners in Gulf coast states as the burning of crude oil releases toxic fumes which lead to acid rain. |
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| In some cases this acid rain results in pollution of lakes and rivers. |
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| The decline in salmon numbers is being attributed to abstraction, acid rain, pesticides, predators and accidental by-catch by pelagic trawlers at sea, and fishmongers. |
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