Acid Rain: Causes, Consequences, and Proposed Measures to Mitigate Its Effects

Binesh Hosseini¹ Soroush Nasiri² Mobina Boreiri³

1) Applied chemistry student, Karaj Branch Azad University, iran
2) Applied chemistry student, Karaj Branch Azad University, iran
3) Applied chemistry student, Karaj Branch Azad University, iran

IOI Code : AZAA-AZDHKB
Publication : 1ST International Congress of Nature-based Ecological Restoration (Emphasizing the Conservation of Bactrian Camels)(neruma.ir)
Abstract :
    The issue of acid rain is considered one of the most important matters for the preservation of life in the recent century. This article provides an overview of the history of acid rain and its impacts on various subjects, including humans, soil and forests, lakes and rivers, and other areas. This study encompasses a wide range of research and articles to cover this topic as comprehensively as possible and to emphasize its significance. Naturally occurring acid rain is a combination of water and carbon dioxide, forming a weak acid that is beneficial for nature. However, the situation becomes problematic when air pollution exceeds reasonable levels due to human activities and natural causes. This rain, when combined with sulfur dioxide and a range of nitrogen oxide derivatives, transforms into unnatural acid rain. Unnatural acid rain, or acid deposition, has destructive effects on a wide spectrum of human life, organisms, and even structures. Acid rain refers to rain with a pH of less than 5.6. In some parts of the world, the acidity of rain increases to such an extent that it destroys vegetation and depletes lakes of living organisms such as fish. We hope that solutions to mitigate the detrimental effects of acid rain will be implemented as soon as possible.

Keywords : acid rain acid rain and ecosystems acid rain and human health effects of acid rain formation of acid rain reduction strategies for acid rain