Acid rain 5
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Acid rain is the popular term but the scientists prefer the term acid deposition Acid rain can have adverse effects on the environment by damaging forests or by lowering the pH of the lakes and making the water too acidic for many aquatic plants and animals to live. The father of acid rain research is an Englishman named Charles Angus Smith who suggested in, 1852, that sulfuric acid in Manchester, English, was causing metal to rust and dyed goods to fade One source that causes acid rain are fossil fuel Fossil fuel has many usage in our society Such as to power electric power plants, industrial boilers, smelters, businesses, schools, homes and vehicles of all sort These various energy sources contribute 23.1 million tons of sulfur dioxide and 20.5 million tons of nitrogen oxides to our atmosphere worldwide





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Submitted by:
Reece
Date Submitted:
2008-06-15
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Sciences
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