Global warming
when was global warming identified?
1938
what is climate change?
Increases changes in measure of climate over a long period of time
how does acid rain occur?
Its caused by a chemical reaction that begins when compounds like sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides are usually released into the air
why was earth day created?
created in 1970 because there was no EPA no clean air act, and no clean water act
when was climate change first coined?
1850s
how can there be acid snow?
Yes it actually comes in many different ways such as snow, sleet, fog, hail, and rain
other name for global warming
climate change
6 impacts of climate change
Severe storms
Increase of drought
A warming rising ocean
Loss of species
Not enough food
Poverty and displacement
where in the U.S does acid rain drop?
New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, basically the mountainous parts of the Northern East
what is CFCs?
It is nontoxic, nonflammable, containing atoms of carbon, chlorine, and fluorine, they are harmful because they could deplete earth's atmospheric ozone layer, which would block the sun's ultraviolet rays
number of hurricanes changed over the past century
frequency and duration
2 specific acids
Sulfuric and nitric acids
what is the carbon footprint?
It's the total amount of greenhouse gasses (including co2 and methane) that are generated by our actions
what is the Paris agreement
Aim to strengthen the global response
how do scrubbers work to decrease acid rain
By a spray of water and gas rising from the stack, which is passed through the scrubber, when water absorbs sulfur dioxide