what places are vulnerable to acid rain?
611910
places with no vegetation
374732
i think it may be that SO2 will react with water to give sulphurous acid (H2SO3).  This is the common acid found in acid rain.  The concentrated ammonia may be to neutralise the acid should it be formed from the SO2 leak.\n\nPossibly anyway....
22885
a natural disaster such as earthquakes are possible anywhere.  just some areas (along fault lines) are more prone to the effects.  For my money, i would be most worried about a large volcano that spews ash into the atmosphere and causes the earth's climate to dramatically change.  Not much you can do about that!
212139
Waterfalls of the world\nhttp://mapx.map.vgd.gov.lv/geo3/Ukr/Pamatlapas_Slices/Arzemes_E/Arzemes_E.htm
529822
the "rain" is sulfuric acid.
915724
the form just about everywhere in the world.  slightly acidic water (which most rain water is...it picks up CO2 on the way down....and makes a mild carbonic acid) dissolves limestone over long amounts of time.   it also happens with dolomite, marble, and gypsum....and it can happen with sandstone, as well - in the case of sandstone, carbonates act as a binder.
541402
Acid rain occurs when sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides are emitted into the atmosphere, undergo chemical transformations and are absorbed by water droplets in clouds. The droplets then fall to earth as rain, snow, or sleet. This can increase the acidity of the soil, and affect the chemical balance of lakes and streams. [1]. Acid rain is sometimes used more generally to include all forms of acid deposition - both wet deposition, where acidic gases and particles are removed by rain or other precipitation, and dry deposition removal of gases and particles to the Earth's surface in the absence of precipitation.[2]\n\nAcid rain is defined as any type of precipitation with a pH that is unusually low (Brimblecombe, 1996). Dissolved carbon dioxide dissociates to form weak carbonic acid giving a pH of approximately 5.6 at typical atmospheric concentrations of CO2 (Seinfeld and Pandis, 1998). Therefore a pH of <5.6 has sometimes been used as a definition of acid rain [3]. However, natural sources of acidity mean that in remote areas, rain has a pH which is between 4.5 and 5.6 with an average value of 5.0 and so rain with a pH <5 is a more appropriate definition [4].\n\nAcid rain accelerates weathering in carbonate rocks and accelerates building weathering. It also contributes to acidic rivers, streams, and damage to trees at high elevation. Efforts to combat this phenomenon are ongoing.\n\nContents [hide]\n1 History and trends \n2 Emissions of chemicals leading to acidification \n2.1 Natural emissions \n2.2 Human emissions \n2.3 Gas phase chemistry \n2.4 Chemistry in cloud droplets \n3 Aerosol formation \n4 Acid deposition \n4.1 Wet deposition \n4.2 Dry deposition \n5 Adverse effects \n5.1 Effects on lake ecology \n5.2 Effects of acid rain on soil chemistry \n5.3 Effects of acid rain on soil biology \n5.4 Other adverse effects \n6 Prevention methods \n6.1 Technical solutions \n6.2 International treaties \n6.3 Emissions trading \n7 References \n8 External links \n9 See also \n \n\n\n[edit]\nHistory and trends\nAcid rain was first reported in Manchester, England, which was an important city during the Industrial Revolution. In 1852, Robert Angus Smith found the relationship between acid rain and atmospheric pollution. The term "acid rain" was used for the first time by him in 1872 (Seinfeld and Pandis, 1998).\n\nThough acid rain was discovered in 1852, it wasn't until the late 1960s that scientists began widely observing and studying the phenomenon. Canadian Harold Harvey was among the first to research a "dead" lake. Public awareness of acid rain in the U.S increased in the 1990s after the New York Times promulgated reports from the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in New Hampshire of the myriad deleterious environmental effects demonstrated to result from it.\n\nEvidence for an increase in the levels of acid rain comes from analysing layers of glacial ice. These show a sudden decrease in pH from the start of the industrial revolution of 6 to 4.5 or 4. Other information has been gathered from studying organisms known as diatoms which inhabit ponds. Over the years these die and are deposited in layers of sediment on the bottoms of the ponds. Diatoms thrive in certain pHs, so the numbers of diatoms found in layers of increasing depth give an indication of the change in pH over the years.\n\nSince the industrial revolution, emissions of sulfur and nitrogen oxides to the atmosphere have increased. Industrial and energy-generating facilities that burn fossil fuels, primarily coal, are the principal sources of increased sulfur oxides. Occasional pH readings of well below 2.4 (the acidity of vinegar) have been reported in industrialized areas. These sources, plus the transportation sector, are the major originators of increased nitrogen oxides.\n\nThe problem of acid rain not only has increased with population and industrial growth, but has become more widespread. The use of tall smokestacks to reduce local
31962
Sometimes in the eaves of houses. Other places are in the cracks and fissures of the bark in trees. Also on the underside of rocks. Essentialy anywhere out of the direct rain.
1149687
pouring,sprinkling,flooding?????????????? acid.
377416
1) Iran\n2) Rabat, Morocco\n3) Sennar, Sudan\n4) Alice Springs, Australia\n5) Nevada, US\n\nThese places are semi-arid\n1) The Steppe of Kazakhstan \n2) The Sertão of Brazil
847353
I believe the classic way of showing the effects of acid rain is to use lime stone corrosion. Test the possibilities using a piece of limestone (chalk or similar), three different petrie dishes, on one use ordinary distilled water, the next with an alkaline solution the the third with acid and note the effects. The latter should start to bubble hence showing a reaction between the two. This has a huge knock on effect with buildings, cliffs, statues, etc as they are worn away by rain which has become acidic.
1113972
err..well if you mean as in..acid rain..\nin most areas in the US, rain is slightly acidic.\nIf the rain is unpolluted, then the acidity comes from a weak acid called Carbonic Acid which forms when carbon dioxide reacts with the water. Any extra acidity in rain is a result of pollutants. The two main chemical components are nitrogen oxides and sulfur oxides which react with water to form nitric acids and sulfuric acids. These pollutants come from cars, buses, all that kind of stuff. (:
205468
Pollution of the air from factories causing the formation of sulfuric or nitric acids. It gets in the atmosphere and it comes down as rain. this was a big problem in Europe in the 1960's, esp. in east europe in 1968
66484
Problem State: \n68 million acres of forest damaged or destroyed by acid rain \n\nAcid rain is caused primarily by the emission of sulfur dioxide from coal-fired power plants. There are a number of remedies, including: switching fuel sources to natural gas, oil, or renewable energy sources; switching to low-sulfur coal; removing the sulfur from the coal before burning; using fluidized-bed combustion processes to burn the coal; and removing the sulfur from the smoke stack after combustion through the installation of pollution control equipment such as "scrubbers." \n\nCosts/Benefits \n\nA combination of tax incentives, government regulations and direct assistance that results in pollution-control equipment being placed on all coal combustion sites, increases in efficiency of industrial processes, transportation and appliances would cost approximately $8 billion per year for ten years. This is about 1% of the world's total military expenditures.
264494
CO2 - H2O + CO2 <--> H2CO3  (very common, most rain is slightly acidic)\nThe 2 gases below form stronger acids\nNO2 - 2H20 + 4NO2 + O2 <--> 4HNO3\nSO3 - H2O + SO3 <--> H2SO4
672291
climate varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north \n\nair pollution from power plant emissions results in acid rain; acidification of lakes and reservoirs degrading water quality and threatening aquatic life; Japan is one of the largest consumers of fish and tropical timber, contributing to the depletion of these resources in Asia and elsewhere
901764
monuments are deteriorating due to acid rain caused by air pollution