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The reactions of sulfur oxides to form sulfuric acid are quite slow. Sulfur dioxide may remain airborne for 3-4 days.As a consequence acid rain derived from sulfur oxides may travel for hundreds of miles or even a thousand miles. Nitrogen oxides may persist for only about one half day and therefore may travel only tens or hundreds of miles.
Once airborne, the sulfur and nitrogen oxides eventually come down in one form or another. Where they come down depends on the height of the smokestack and the prevailing weather conditions. In general, prevailing winds in North America transport pollutants from west to east or northeast. The nine largest coal burning states are in the Midwest and the Ohio River valley. It is estimated that two thirds of the acid rain in the Northeast and Eastern Canada comes from these sources.
Blue arrow shows the upper winds that travel from the west to the east or northeast. Winds travel from the mid-west to the northeast. In addition, a copper-nickel smelter in Sudbury, Ontario, just north of Lake Huron is the most significant sulfur oxide source in Canada. The winds may also carry the sulfur oxide clouds to the Northeast in the U.S. where it may be converted to acid rain.
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إجراء أول اختبار لدواء "ثوري" يتصدى لعدة أنواع من السرطان
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دراسة تكشف "سببا غريبا" يعيق نمو الطيور
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قسم الشؤون الفكرية يقيم برنامج (صنّاع المحتوى الهادف) لوفدٍ من محافظة ذي قار
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الهيأة العليا لإحياء التراث تنظّم ورشة عن تحقيق المخطوطات الناقصة
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قسم شؤون المعارف يقيم ندوة علمية حول دور الجنوب في حركة الجهاد ضد الإنكليز
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وفد جامعة الكفيل يزور دار المسنين في النجف الأشرف
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