It appears that the combustion of fossil fuel, mining of coal, smelting of ores, and application of nitrogen fertilizer to soil are all driving down the pH of air, water, and the soil at rates far faster than Earth's natural systems can buffer, posing danger to both sea and land life. Researchers Herman and her colleague Karen Rices have done a review of science paper about every kind of environmental acidification. Acidification is both a local and global problem, since it can be as close to a near by stream and infected by mine tailings or it can reach the world's oceans. Oceans are becoming more acidic because sea waters collect higher concentrations of carbon dioxide that humans put in the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels. Coal is the biggest contributor of anthropogenic carbon dioxide to the global atmosphere and it also create regional acidification. Coal burning mainly creates acid rain which creates problems for Forrest, streams, and lakes. The areas were the population is growing is where the acidifying activities will increase. Mainly, acids in the environment are buffered by alkaline compounds let out by the weathering of mineral in rocks. The rate of acidification by human activities has outgrown the weathering rate. In their next research, Herman and Karen are looking to indentify the population projection by country over the next four decades to be informed where the increased industrialization will likely lead to new acidification hot spots.
This article share some great points about the human activities that is increasing acidification. The article also mentioned that currently the main source of acidification is due to human activity such as burning fossil fuels. This has negative effect on the streams, forrest, and lakes so, i think it is best that humans try to limit burning fossil fuels and any other human activity causing acidification to increase. If a area is being polluted i think that it is best that individuals began to move out so the are not contaminated or infected by the horrific pollution in the air.
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121106092725.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fearth_climate%2Fpollution+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Earth+%26+Climate+News+--+Pollution%29
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