Acid Rain: A Growing Global Concern

Babajide Milton Macaulay; Josiah Abolade Owoeye; Sylvanus Fee Abiya; Joshua Ibukun Raji; Yung-Tse Hung

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Acid Rain: A Growing Global Concern

Babajide Milton Macaulay, Josiah Abolade Owoeye, Sylvanus Fee Abiya, Joshua Ibukun Raji, Yung-Tse Hung

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Abstract

Urbanization is often associated with natural resource exploitation, largely characterized by fossil fuel combustion for energy generation. Increasing demand for energy releases acidic gases into the atmosphere, thus increasing the acidity of natural rain with debilitating consequences to the environment and public health. Therefore, this chapter aims to simplify the complex interactions guiding acid rain formation and its projected impacts on the ecosystem, and to reveal the urgent need for mitigation measures particularly by acid rain–stricken developing countries.

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	Handbook of Environment and Waste Management - Volume 3: Acid Rain and Greenhouse Gas Pollution Control
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811207136_0003
State	Published - May 19 2020

Keywords

Simulated Acid Rain
SAR
Acid Rain
Acid Deposition
Smokestacks
Sulfure Dioxide
Nitrogen Oxides
Gas Emission Reduction
pH of Rain
Power Plants

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Civil and Environmental Engineering

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