Acid Rain
Acid Rain Article
1. What did Likens and Odén find about acid rain? What region of the U.S was most effected and what lead them to this conclusion?
2. In the 1970s what did Likens find in the Adirondack Mountains? What caused this, and what were the effects on this ecosystem?
1. They found that acid rain was linked to the more industrialized place in the world. They found that the northwest was most affected by this.
ReplyDelete2. The acid rain was getting to the lakes and making their water more acidic. This cause the fish to die off. This was caused because there was nothing in the soil in this area to neutralize the acidic rain.
1. They found that it came from the more industrialized areas of Europe and the northwestern parts of the US was most affected. Natural sources of these gases exist but the vast majority comes from the burning of fossil fuels, especially by coal-fired power plants. The tall smokestacks allow pollution to travel long distances.
ReplyDelete2.Liken had set up instruments to collect rainwater in the Finger Lakes region and soon observed that the rain in New York was roughly as acidic as rain in New Hampshire and gave the idea that this might be some kind of a regional phenomenon. Likens and his colleagues traced the emissions from coal-fired power plants and examined satellite and aircraft data, and they found a similar long-distance link. Acid rain destroyed fish populations in lakes and streams, harmed fragile soils and damaged millions of acres of forest worldwide.
1. They learned that rain is more acidic in cities or areas that are more industrialized; this is because industrialized cities emit more CO2 (because they have more factories) which is what makes the rain acidic. From this, they concluded that areas that were more industrialized in the United States had a higher acidity level in their rain.
ReplyDelete2. They observed that the lakes of the Adirondack Mountains were extremely acidic. This is due to the fact that the soil of the Adirondack Mountain lacks calcium carbonate or any other mineral that can counteract the acidity of the rain. Because, unlike most lakes and rivers, the Adirondack mountains lack these minerals, their lakes and rivers are very acidic, making it extremely difficult for aquatic animals to live in that environment.
1. Likens and Oden found that acid rain was the basic formation of rain droplets around sulfur dioxide specs that came from coal burning plants. This meant that acid rain would be able to fall a significant distance from the source due to the fact that coal emissions can carry themselves in clouds over long distances before the dissipate into the atmosphere and form acid rain. The most effected region in the US by acid rain is the Northeast because the coal emission clouds carry themselves from industrialized states such as Ohio and Kentucky. From this, they found that areas with more industrialization tended to have higher rates and stronger acid rain.
Delete2.Likens found in the 1970s that lakes in the Adirondack Mountains tended to be more acidic then other lakes in all of the US. This is due to the lack of nutrients and minerals found in the soil of the region. What this means is that because the soil lacked certain nutrients, it wasn't able to fight or protect itself form acid rain which in tern caused all of that rain to wash into lakes. What this did to the ecosystem was make it very difficult for marine animals to survive in the waters which could have altered feeding patterns of land animals that relied on fish to survive.
These two scientists found that the northeastern region of the U.S. was most affected by acid. Rain. They discovered that there is a clear correlation between the large amount of industrialization and the resulting CO2 emissions, and the amount of acid rain that a region will experience.
ReplyDeleteIn the Adirondack Mountains, the ecosystem lack the nutrients within its soil that are needed to neutralize the acidity of acid rain. This led to rising acidity levels within the ecosystem, which was was especially apparent in the lakes of the region, resulting in the death of marine life, such as fish.
Likens and oden found that acid rain was the most damaging in the north east, which is wear emissions form power plants in the midwest were carried. studies on the pH level of lakes in this area help show their ideas.
ReplyDeletehe foubnd that some lakes were nearly 1000 times acidic than normal, and that this was resulting in the deaths of many species in these areas. he also found that in these mountains, there was no calcium in tbe soil to neutralize the acidic rain.
1- Liken and Odén found that acid rain is more acidic in urban areas (big cities), places that are more industrialized than others. The north east of the United States was most affected, which lead them to make a clear relation between CO2 emissions and industrialization. They concluded by saying that areas that are the most industrialized have higher and stronger rates of acid rain.
ReplyDelete2- In the 1970s, Liken found in the Adirondack Mountains that some lakes were much more acidic than normal, which was due to the lack of minerals as well as nutrients in the area. It lead to the deaths of many different species surrounding these lakes, and areas.
1- Liken and Odén found that acid rain is more acidic in urban areas (big cities), places that are more industrialized than others. The north east of the United States was most affected, which lead them to make a clear relation between CO2 emissions and industrialization. They concluded by saying that areas that are the most industrialized have higher and stronger rates of acid rain.
ReplyDelete2- In the 1970s, Liken found in the Adirondack Mountains that some lakes were much more acidic than normal, which was due to the lack of minerals as well as nutrients in the area. It lead to the deaths of many different species surrounding these lakes, and areas.
1. Likens and Odén concluded that acid rain occurs most in industrialized cities due to an increase in CO2 emissions from these urban areas. By tracing the emissions from coal-fired power plants and by testing the pH of rainwater, these scientists concluded that industrialized parts of the US, mainly the northeast, was effected by acid rain.
ReplyDelete2. In the 1970s, Likens found that the Adirondack Mountain soil lacked calcium carbonate, which helps neutralize acid rain. This lack of nutrients and minerals in the soil ended up harming the ecosystem by killing marine life and effecting other animals that would come in contact with acid rain.
1. Likens and Odén found that rain is more acidic in the cities or in areas that are more industrialized. The reason the rain is more acidic there is because in industrialized cities there is more CO2 emmissions. From this is was concluded that more industriaized areasin the U.S. had a higher acidity level in their rain.
ReplyDelete2. Likens and Odén observed that the lakes of the Adirondack Mountains were extremely acidic; which is due to the fact that the soil of the Adirondack Mountain does not have calcium carbonate or other minerals that are able to counteract the acidity of the rain. Unnlike most lakes and rivers the Adirondack mountains lack these minerals, so it effects the ecosystem becaause is difficult for the aquatic animals to live in the environment.