Environmental Consequences Of Acid Rain

Madhoolika Agrawal and Anita Singh from Banaras Hindu University’s Ecology Research Laboratory are the authors of Acid Rain and its Ecological Consequences, a review addressing the issue of acid rain precipitation. The article hypothesizes, “Acid rain is one of the most serious environmental problems emerged due to air pollution” (Agrawal & Singh, 2008). It was assumed that humans have harnessed and utilized different natural resources for their individual benefits from the onset of civilization to the present day. In turn, acid rain has become a major environmental problem due to harmful human activity. This has ultimately led to many negative effects that the output of acid rain generates. Primary data collection was not used in the composition …show more content…
It can be noted that the range of data collected was from countries including Japan, India and the United States. The data for the countries were set side by side which allows readers to compare and contrast the different figures from different areas of the world. Also, it was elucidated what the specific causes of certain effects of acid rain were. This was done through analyzing information from various research papers and connecting details together. It was concluded that acid rain has destructive effects on ecosystems which also affects the growth of trees and other plants as well as leaking directly into soil, corrodes materials of buildings and threatens human health indirectly. The acid rain problem caused by the industrialized world that humans have formed must be combatted in order to prevent greater planetary issues in the …show more content…
Humans are accepted to be the contributors to the acid rain problem because of the undivided role they played in creating acid rain through the industrial revolution. Humans are said to have utilized natural resources for personal benefit in order to make aspects of their daily lives more effortless. This has been done by creating facilities in which energy resources of the Earth are used. The problem with humans using natural resources is that they are also causing harm to the environment as burning resources like coal and oil leads to pollution. Humans therefore are a major contributor in acid rain as the release of fuels into the atmosphere is what leads to acid rain ultimately due to the harmful concentration of pollutants. There did not appear to be values used in the statement of the problem or issue. Agrawal and Singh wrote an article that does not leave readers with an impression that their writing is biased. This is partly due to the fact that the authors strictly put facts about acid rain that were certain or used data conducted in research. Already having researched acid rain prior to reading the article, there did not seem to be an absence of facts purposely left out either. The authors did not fixate on personal values or beliefs through their discussion of acid rain and its effects on the