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ACID RAIN/ INTRO
source: www.acidrain.org/AE/AE_chp5.htm
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Today, the most dominant cause of soil and water acidification is the airborne deposition of: - sulphur (mainly from burning of coal & oil);
- nitrogen oxides (e.g. from vehicles);
- ammonia (mainly fro livestock farming);
These substances released into the atmosphere eventually return to the Earth as acid rain.
Did you know?- Hongging (China) has been defined as the ‘world acid rain capital’: rain is sometimes so acid that it can dissolve steel;
- within Europe, Britain is the largest sulphur dioxide polluter and Manchester is the ‘acid capital’ of Europe.
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