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What is Acid Rain?

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Aquatic and terrestrial animals, trees and plants and even human infrastructure suffer the damaging effects of acid rain. It is the fault of man, which emits nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide from their factories, power plants, cars, etc.
The effects of acid rain can be devastating, since the acidification of rivers, lakes and seas hamper aquatic life, to wear and death of plant life in forests.

To make matters worse, when acid rain falls, dragging the acidified water with natural soil fertilizer, which gives a total impoverishment, which ends stressing the plants, since they removed the minerals and essential ions , thus producing more carnage.
But not only affects living things, but it corrodes buildings and human infrastructure. For example statues and monuments made of marble or limestone, fall apart with each acid rain. Read the rest of this entry »