Acid Rain: Cross Media Impact
Sulfuric Acid (HSO3) falls to the ground as
- Dry Deposition (dust, acidification)
- Wet Deposition (Acid Rain)
Acidic water bodies can not support life
Lime Soils buffer & neutralize Acid Rain
In other soils, Acidic rain leaches metals out of the soil and make them bio-available
Metals bio-accumulate and become toxic