... a number of environmental hazards such as damage to the ozone layer, global warming, smog, and acid rain. When looking at air pollution, we can see that there are many types, one type is acid rain. Scientists have discovered that air pollution from the burning of fossil fuels mainly in power stations and industry in countries such as Germany, United Kingdom and other ... economically developed countries is the major cause of acid rain. Acidic deposition or acid rain as it is commonly known occurs when "emissions of sulphur dioxide (so2) and oxides of nitrogen (no) react in the atmospher...

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... of acid rain. Acidic deposition or acid rain as it is commonly known occurs when emissions of sulphur dioxide (so2) and oxides of nitrogen (no) react in the atmosphere with water, oxygen and oxidants to form various acidic compounds, sunlight further accelerates this process with the introduction of heat. These compounds then fall to the earth in either wet form (such ... which rest atop soil with a limited ability to neutralize acidic compounds (called "buffering capacity-). Many lakes in the National Surface Water survey (NSWS) suffer from chronic acidity ,a condition in which water h...

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