Taiga+Environmental+IssuePER6

** E__nvironmental Issue__s: ** //**Pollution takes a huge part in environmental issues.**//

One big problem in the taiga biome is acid rain. Acid rain is formed when pollutants, such as nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide are released into the air and mix with water vapor to form a cloud. When these toxic clouds become heavy and precipitation falls, the result can be threatening to the vegetation, animals, and land. Since the rain from these clouds are acidic, vast spreads of land can be destroyed. In some parts of Scandinavia and Russia, large areas of the taiga have slowly died off because of acid rain.

Another issue is one that happens in many forests; it is deforestation. Forest fires, industrial pollution, and paper use have destroyed most of the population of trees in our world. This causes the amount of Oxygen to decrease in the air through photosynthesis, and forest areas decrease. Less carbon dioxide is taken up and more is released into the air.

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