Acid rain is a well known term that is being heard more and more often in this world, and it is also a great problem such as destroying plants and fishes which eventually die in our water.

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Acid rain

Acid rain is a well known term that is being heard more and more often in this world, and it is also a great problem such as destroying plants and fishes which eventually die in our water. This is a very big situation because we as human beings need to eat our fish and plants and we also need to drink this very same water. The problem in acid rain such as aluminium poisoning is a substance which is deadly. Us as rightful human beings should face this problem and try to get rid of it as we know it exists but many people do not understand what it is.

What is Acid Rain?

The gases contains chemicals which produces from the factories as it rises to the sky which mixes with the clouds containing sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides that within a day or 250km of the source dry and will deposit on to the clouds. There are two types of rain, one is unnatural acidic and the other is rain that is naturally slightly acidic. There was a incident which took place 20 years ago when famous scientists from Norway and Sweden believed that acidic rain may be causing damage to the planet. Acid rain causes problems as many years go past or even decades, it eventually transforms into an acid lake.

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As I researched some more facts about acid rain I met anther incident which took place around 1926. Inspectors had noticed the decrease of fish in many of the lakes. Fish were found dead around many rivers especially when the winter came hundreds of fish were found dead due to the ice melting off. After many of researches they have discovered a little bit of sodium in their blood. This is a sign of acid poisoning. The reason why the fishes had been poisoned is because the acid had entered ...

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