Sentences with phrase «result of acid rain»

Soil acidification can be the result of acid rain.

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In the 1970s, AOERP had concerns about the impact of sulphur oxide emissions and the resulting acid rain on lakes in the tar sands area in northeastern Alberta.

Deregulation of heavy industry's air pollution has resulted in acid rain and dying lakes in both nations.

ALBANY — A slowdown on acid rain research, untrammeled poaching, dirtier rivers and even a poor fishing season are possible results of the state's plans to lay off up to 209 Department of Environmental Conservation employees, environmentalists warned Wednesday.

The results have been used to create management guidelines for birds, investigate the effects of acid rain and climate change, and advocate for the protection of declining species.

This NASA satellite photo of East Asia documents a common path for industrial pollutants once they enter the atmosphere; along the way, South Korea and Japan can receive acid rain resulting from China's sulfate emissions.

The precursors of acid rain formation result from both natural sources, such as volcanoes and decaying vegetation, and human - made sources, primarily emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide resulting from fossil fuel combustion.

Forests are also being destroyed by acid rain resulting from our pollution - causing activities and through the introduction of disease and invasive species.

«Wikipedia's acid rain entry receives near - daily edits, some of which result in egregious errors and a distortion of consensus science,» he said.

Some is the result of biologically mediated soil acidity or as the result of carbonic acid in rain..

Rights - of - way on public lands result in landscape and habitat fragmentation, while coal combustion produces a number of gaseous byproducts, including CO2, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and methane — which exacerbate climate change and are associated with ground - level ozone (smog), air pollution, and acid rain.

The Acid Rain scare said that emissions of the oxides of sulphur and nitrogen (SOx and NOx) from German and UK coal - fired power stations were enhancing the acidity of rain with resulting «waldsterben» (i.e. forest death) of northern European foreRain scare said that emissions of the oxides of sulphur and nitrogen (SOx and NOx) from German and UK coal - fired power stations were enhancing the acidity of rain with resulting «waldsterben» (i.e. forest death) of northern European forerain with resulting «waldsterben» (i.e. forest death) of northern European forests.

As a result, the law costs utilities just $ 3 billion annually, not $ 25 billion, according to a recent study in the Journal of Environmental Management; by cutting acid rain in half, it also generates an estimated $ 122 billion a year in benefits from avoided death and illness, healthier lakes and forests, and improved visibility on the Eastern Seaboard.

Yet, despite having «semi-protected» status to prevent anonymous changes, Wikipedia's acid rain entry receives near - daily edits, some of which result in egregious errors and a distortion of consensus science.»