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ACID RAIN & HABITAT DEGRADATION

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Acid rain seriously affects natural habitats. It brings...

Deterioration of marine life as well as freshwater life because of the addition of nitrogen, a nutrient that stimulates the growth of algae in water: acid rain contributes about 25% of the nitrogen being added to the Chesapeake Bay (USA), and probably other coastal waters as well.

Across 15 European countries, 27,000 sq. miles (about 70,000 Km2) are showing signs of forest death syndrome.

From a European survey of 1999 it appears that every fourth tree examined was damaged (the loss of leaves or needles exceeded 25%). This damage to the forest has many causes, but most researchers agree that acidification of the soil and high concentrations of ground-level ozone are important contributing factors.

In North America, 60% of red spruce in New England mountains have died and in Ontario sugar maples are dying.

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