Acid rain

Acid rain

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Acid rain

Acid rain
Definition: Occurs when sulphur and nitrogen oxides combine with water in the atmosphere.

Cause: power stations

Problems:
-kills trees, causes soil erosion, kills fish in lakes through aluminium poisoning.

  • factories producing acid rain may actually be in a different country from that effected by it (prevailing winds)
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