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Yes. Acid rain decreases the pH of ground waters such as lakes and streams. Some plants are less tolerant of lowered pH (increased acidity) and will not flourish under such conditions. The result can be a locally impaired ecology.
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How does the depletion of the ozone layer and the greenhouse effect and acid rain affect the tundra?
it makes leaves to turn brown as in autum and fall and sickens animals
Does sulfur dioxide deplete the ozone layer?
Sulfur dioxide is a type of pollution that volcanoes emit but it does'nt deplete the ozone layer. But there are still issues that lead to ozone depletion. If any ozone depleting pollution interacts with sulfur dioxide, it'll cause acid rain. Acid rain is deadly because it makes organisms too acidic and organisms that lives there gets destroyed. Then there will not be enough plants to take in pollution.
Which molecule absorbs UVC radiation?
Ozone molecule in the atmosphere helps absorb harmful ultraviolet. The molecular formula for Ozone is O3. If there was no Ozone layer in the atmosphere, its effect on the life on earth will be devastating.
How does the ozone layer function in the atmosphere?
the ozone is a complicated matter ,,,,it starts of with the sun rays beaming down onto the earth crusts causing a gas called limdotinus ,this gas builds up creating another gas called imaliar gas which then the two mixes together creating the ozone layer
What are ozone holes?
The ozone hole is a natural occurance, that occurs once a year at each pole. The southern polar hole is larger than the northern polar hole due to Earth's current magnetic alignment. The *size* of the hole is what is of concern... and something that the affairs of Man can play a part in. The hole is not really a hole at all, but a thinning of the Ozone layer due to a lack of sun hitting that area. Without sunlight, ozone naturally reverts into O2, a more stable oxygen form. There is no actual hole, merely a thinner layer, with about 1/3 or so the summertime level of ozone.Ozone decays naturally with time. With the axial tilt that Earth has, once each year (local winter) each pole stops receiving the UV-C that turns some oxygen into ozone. So the ozone starts decaying, and a hole forms. The only ozone the pole gets at this time, diffuses in from areas that are still receiving UV-C. So the ozone would be exceedingly thin at this time.Add contaminants to the mix, and the amount of ozone drastically decreases. Water vapor (natural and Man-sourced), chlorine (most commonly Man-sourced, carried by CFCs), and bromine (most commonly natural, but likely some Man-sourced, carried form example in halon) all have shown abilities in depleting ozone.The ozone hole was discovered by Joseph Farman, Brian Gardiner, and Jonathan Shanklin in 1985. But no reason to believe that it has not existed as long as Earth has had an ozone layer (to have a hole in), an axial tilt (for winter, loss of UV-C which makes ozone), and a magnetic field (to make one hole larger than the other).The concentration of ozone at any point is a balance of incident UV-C from the Sun (both making and destroying ozone), UV-B from the Sun (destroys ozone when absorbed), time, and compounds that can accelerate the decay of ozone.Another view:Briefly:The ozone hole is a thinning of the ozone layer that occurs mostly in Antarctica where four months of winter darkness create ideal conditions for the destruction. CFCs and similar man-made gases break down the ozone in the stratosphere.More:The hole in the ozone layer happens because the ozone in the stratosphere is destroyed by chlorine and bromine from halogen atoms. These atoms come from man-made halocarbon refrigerator gases (chlorofluorocarbons [CFCs], freons and halons) which are emitted at ground level but move up into the ozone layer. These gases all contain chlorine and bromine.Ozone (O3) is formed when ultraviolet (UV) light strikes an oxygen molecule (O2), converting it into two oxygen ions (O). These oxygen ions (O) combine with other oxygen molecules (O2) to form ozone (O3). Later, another oxygen ion (O) will combine with the ozone molecule (O3) to form two oxygen molecules (O2). This is the natural ozone-oxygen cycle of the earth.The ozone layer prevents the harmful ultraviolet B-waves (UV-B) from reaching the earth. Increased exposure to UV-B is thought to be responsible for increases in skin cancer, eye cataracts and damage to plants and plankton. Because of this the nations of the world in 1989 adopted the Montreal Protocol which bans production of CFCs, halons and other ozone-depleting chemicals.The ozone hole happens during the spring in Antarctica (Sept to Dec). Polar Stratospheric Clouds (PSCs) form during the all-dark winter. When spring arrives and UV light appears again, crystals of ice and nitric acid in these clouds help to release the chlorine and bromine atoms from the halocarbon gases. These destroy the ozone. (A single chlorine atom can continue destroying ozone for up to two years, reacting with up to 100,000 ozone molecules.)
Does acid rain effect the ozone layer negatively?
No, these are separate problems altogether.
How does acid rain effect the ozone layer?
It doesn't. Ozone depletion is caused by CFCs and other halogen containing materials not NOx or SOx
How does acid rain effect the earths ozone layer?
it goes through and harms the layer,plus it damages staues or things with same objects
What are the three harmful effects of the changes in the environment?
Global warming, Acid Rain, Depletion of the Ozone Layer
How does the depletion of the ozone layer and the greenhouse effect and acid rain affect the tundra?
it makes leaves to turn brown as in autum and fall and sickens animals
Does CFCs cause acid rain?
Of itself no, but in the compound CO2 yes.
What does NOx do?
The combination of nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide causes both smog and acid rain. It is also thought to damage the ozone layer.
Why is ozone layer greenhouse effect bioaccumulation and acid rain so important to your environment?
These are very important phenomenon. They keep the statues under check.
What causes acid rain to break down the ozone?
Acid rain has nothing whatsoever to do with the breakdown of ozone.
Does Ozone create nitric acid specifically does corona discharge create more nitric acid than ultraviolet?
Ozone does not create nitric acid. Nitrogen plays a very big part in the formation of ozone, and if water vapor gets stuck in the middle of ozone formation, various NOx compounds are formed.Corona discharge makes more of *everything* than most UV systems, because the energies are much higher. If there is water vapor present NOx is made, regardless of method.The issue for "spa" systems is no one dries the air fed to the ozone system, and the clearances in a UV system are huge. So the nitric acid gets fed straight to the spa water, whereas in the corona discharge system it stays and gunks up the small gaps involved.
What envirommental problems have resulted from economic growth?
Air pollution, Acid rain, Global Warming, the weakening of Ozone layer day by day have resulted from economic growth.
What is ozone layer depression and acidification?
Ozone is formed in part by nitrogen gas briefly holding on to a singlet oxygen, which later drops onto an oxygen molecule (usually involving low energy visible light). NOx can be converted to essentially nitric acid by the presence of water vapor. Addtionally, ozone is decayed by water vapor via the peroxide mechanism. So, "depression" is a reduction of ozone both by increased decay and decreased production. "Acidification" is conversion of NOx to some more stable versions that are unable to form ozone, but have the energy to stay as an acid.
