The Acid Rain Effects On Living Things
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From the early times through the Industrial revolution to the Space Age, humans have produced inventions that use many of the earth's varied energy resources to make living easier. In many cases the energy comes from burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas. Some of the inventions ....
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.... oxides react with water, oxygen, and oxidants. This forms a mild solution of sulfuric acid and nitric acid. These chemical reactions that change air pollution into acid rain can take from several hours to several days. Sunlight increases the rate of these reactions. Rainwater, snow, fog, and other forms of precipitation containing these mild solutions of sulfuric and nitric acids fall to the ground as acid rain. Years ago, when smokestacks were only a few stories tall, pollution fro ....
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