CLIMATE CHANGE Acid Rain Acid rain has acids that fall from the atmosphere. An acid deposit has two parts: wet and dry. Too much pollution in the atmosphere can cause acid rain.  Wet deposits are acidic rain, fog, and snow. When acidic water flows through the ground, it affects many plants and animals. The strength of the effects depend on how much acid is in the water.	Image obtained from Kathy
Scientists discover that acid rain is mostly cause by sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NO2).  Acid rain happens when water, oxygen, and other chemicals that form acidic compounds react with the atmosphere.  Sunlight increases most of these reactions. Acid rain affects forests, soils, fishes, materials, human health and other living things.  Acid rain causes your visibility to decrease.       Dry deposits are acidic gases and particles.  About half of the acidity that falls from the atmosphere to earth is dry deposits.  Winds blow acidic particles and gases into buildings, cars, houses, and trees.  Dry deposit gases and particles can be wash off trees and other surfaces by rain.  When this happens the acid that was wash off adds to the acid rain so the rain gets more acidic.  Prevailing winds blow these compounds everywhere.
Image obtained from Kathy	Weather In the northern continental areas, the summer will be drier because of the absence of snow, and more cloudless summers, which also causes extensive evaporation in the ground moisture. In the southern hemisphere they will have less moisture, so lakes and rivers will get smaller. If there were storms by global warming then insurance industry would go bankrupt.  The insurance industries are now trying to come up with plans that would cover economic losses from climatic changes. The cost for countries to come up with plans to reduce CO2 and other gases would be enormous.  Since the industrialized nations won’t take actions in reducing CO2, it will cause global warming to worsen.
Today our air is mostly made of nitrogen and oxygen. Global warming causes cloudy winter nights to be warmer than clear winter nights. The earth absorbs 70% of the sun’s energy and 30% is reflected back to space. Earth is about 60 degrees Fahrenheit, and it is warmer than the clouds around us. Clouds and greenhouse gases are what keep the earth warm. When the clouds are warm they reflect the energy to earth, making the earth’s surface warmer.  This is what causes the greenhouse effect. Tempreature As the temperature rises, it causes the liberation of carbon dioxide and methane to increase global warming. Higher temperature evaporates a lot of water in the air creating more clouds into the atmosphere. The clouds trap in the heat from the sun, and as it gets warmer, more clouds are produced. Source: United States Environmental Protection Agency. “Acid Rain.” The Environmental Protection Agency. 1 Mar. 2006.  25 July 2006 <http://www.epa.gov/‌airmarkets/‌arp/>.