... in danger of becoming sterile, which would put the species at risk of becoming extinct. As with sulphur dioxide in rain, mercury is also discharged into the water. There is a direct connection between the mercury rich lakes as there is with those with high acidic levels. This metal becomes concentrated ... for respiratory disease and crop damage. The photochemical smog is also causing the ozone layer to disintegrate. An inordinate amount of sulphur dioxide is let into the air, more than can be neutralized by natural nutrients. The ecosystem is slowly eroding due to the increased amounts ...

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... in the lake than there were young fish. Finally, in 1983, the lake reached a pH of 5 and the surviving fish in the lake were thin and deformed and unable to reproduce. This case study obviously illustrates the significant effect of acid rain on lakes and its aquatic ecosystem. Fishm food for many ... something to solve this problem soon. But I still se a few faces with doubtful expressions. All right if this is not enough to scare you into doing something to prevent acid rain production then maybe you would like to know that this acid rain could do serious damage to us humans also. That ....

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... regions. Acid rain can harm both the land and the water. It is most damaging when it falls in streams, lakes, and on thin, sandy soil low in calcium carbonate (lime). Lime neutralizes the effects of the acid. Aside from polluting topsoil acid rain can alter entire ecosystems ... is formed when the byproducts of fossil fuels production combine with atmospheric water. Smoke expelled from smokestacks that reach a thousand feet into the air are saturated with sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and other chemicals. Wind carries the smoke hundreds of mile away from where it is generated. ... fr...

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... ground can absorb, the excess water flows to the lowest level, carrying loose material with it. Gentle slopes are subject to sheet and rill erosion, in which the runoff removes a thin layer of top soil. Glaciers are important agents of erosion. Although a glacier moves slowly, it gradually removes all the loose material from the surface over which it travels, leaving bare ... arid climates with little vegetation. Wind blowing across bare land lifts particles of sand and silt but leaves behind larger pebbles. Very small soil particles can be suspended in the air and carried away with the...

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... Automobiles are the main source of nitrogen oxide emissions, and utility factories are the main source for sulfur dioxide emissions. These gases evaporate into the atmosphere and then oxidized in clouds to form nitric or nitrous acid and sulfuric acid. Acid rain kills plant life and destroys ... and roads"(EPA). Then while flowing to streams, lakes, and marshes acid rain releases aluminum, which is highly toxic to many species of aquatic organisms, into the water ways. This raises the acidic level of lakes and streams. According to Environmental Issues "Most lakes and streams have a ph b...

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