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Considerable Interest In the composition of rainwater has been expressed by members of the scientific community In the United States and elsewhere. "Add rain has been suggested as the culprit for observed degredatlon of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems In the Northeastern United States, Canada, Germany, and Scandanavla. While some aspects of rainwater composition are understood, a large number of Important questions remain unresolved, particularly those relating to sources and controlling factors. 

Considering that the triglyceride oils used for the production of biodiesel are sulfur free and that sulfur is not added to the end product in any way, the use of biodiesel does not contribute towards the phenomenon of add rain. 

Wbat kind of lakes are protected against tbe negative effects of add rain ... 

Add rain has adversely affected aquatic life in about 10 percent of eastern lakes and streams... 

Add rain and related pollutants, espedally line sulfate particles, have reduced visibility throughout the Northeast and in parts of the West. 

The sixth, seventh, and eighth sections of this volume deal with the atmospheric cycling of biogenic sulfur compounds. This aspect of the sulfur cycle has received a great deal of attention in recent years because of its obvious relationship to the add rain problem and the discovery that natural marine sources constitute a major portion of the total global atmospheric sulfur burden. The chapters in these sections focus on three aspects of this cycle field measurements and techniques used to establish the distributions and fluxes, experimental studies of reaction mechanisms and rates, and numerical simulations of the atmospheric sulfur cycle. Two chapters address the chemical processes involving cloud... 

O add rain ramtafl with a pH usually less than 5 resulting from dissolved atmospheric pollution O greenhouse gas a gas wrtitfi absorbs heatfrfraredradaiion) and keeps the surface of the planet warn ... 

NEAL ET AL. Add Rain Stripping of Marble, Limestone, and Bronze... 

A collective term for the nitrogen oxide gases formed during combustion. In humid air, these oxides are transformed into nitrous or nitric add, which results in add rain. NOx can also, together with hydrocarbons, react with sunlight to form ground-level ozone. 

Add rain is destroying life in streams and lakes. More than half the highland lakes in the western Adirondack Mountains have no native game fish. In addition to these 300 lakes, 140 lakes in Ontario have suffered a similar fate. It is estimated that 48,000 other lakes in Ontario and countless others in the northeastern and central United States are threatened. Our forests are endangered as well. The add rain decreases soil pH, which in turn alters the solubUity of minerals needed by plants. Studies have shown that about 40% of the red spruce and maple trees in New England have died. Increased addity of rainfall appears to be the major culprit. 

The product, sulfuric acid, is even more irritating to the respiratory tract. When the add rain created by the reactions shown above falls to earth, the impact is significant. 

Jenkins, J., K. Roy, C. Driscoll, and C. Buerkett. (2005). Add Rain and the Adiron-dacks A Research Summary. Adirondack Lakes Survey Corporation. 

E. B. Cowling 1982, Add Rain in Historical Perspective, Environ. Sci. Technol. 16... 

KAGAN ETAL. Effects of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons OH Add Rain 203... 

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