Monday, February 15, 2016

What human activities can increase the rate of weathering?

Humans may cause pollution by burning coal and gasoline, which puts sulfur dioxice and nitric oxides in our air that can become acidic, which will percepitate into sulfuric and nitric acids, which would technically eat away some softer rocks. Sometimes improper cutting, bombing, and supporting of hills creat landslides, which is caused by weathering. Humans also affect rates of weathering when paving over portions of lands, which causes normal rain run offs to flow elsewhere where it was previously not affected. 

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