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Acid Rain (Affects of acid rain on the ecosystems (Impact on Animals…
Acid Rain
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Causes of acid rain
The main cause is the industrial burning of coal and other fossil fuels, the waste gases from which contain sulphur and nitrogen oxides which combine with atmospheric water to form acids
It is caused by sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide, which react with water molecules in the atmosphere to produce acids
Solutions to acid rain
Solutions to Acid Rain. Most of the electric power supporting the modern-day energy requirements comes from combusting fossil fuels such as oil, natural gas, and coal that generate nitrogen oxides (NOx) and sulfur dioxide (SO2) as the chief contributors to acid rain.
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Acid Rain - rainfall made so acidic by atmospheric pollution that it causes environmental harm, chiefly to forests and lakes.
In Taipei, acid rain is recorded on 39 percent of rainy days. Taoyuan is the home to over 10,000 factories and has 1.75 million motor vehicles. It has the third highest pollution rate in Taiwan
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