Acid Rain Acid rain is a great problem in our world. It causes fish and plants to die in our waters. As well it causes harm to our own race as well, because we eat these fish, drink this water and eat these plants. It is a problem that we must all face together and try to get rid of. However acid rain on it's own is not the biggest problem. It cause many other problems such as aluminum poisoning. Acid
Rain is deadly. WHAT IS ACID RAIN? Acid rain is all the rain, snow, mist etc that falls from the sky onto our planet that contains an unnatural acidic. It is not to be confused with uncontaminated rain that falls, for that rain is naturally slightly acidic. It is caused by today's industry. When products are manufactured many chemicals are used to create it. However, because of the difficulty and cost of properly disposing of these products they are often emitted into the atmosphere with little or no treatment.
The term was first considered to be important about 20 years ago when scientists in Sweden and
Norway first believed that acidic rain may be causing great ecological damage to the planet. The problem was that by the time that the scientist found the problem it was already very large. Detecting an acid lake is often quite difficult. A lake does not become acid over night. It happens over a period of many years, some times decades. The changes are usually too gradual for them to be noticed early. At the beginning of the 20th century most rivers/lakes like the river Tovdal in Norway had not yet begun to die. However by 1926 local inspectors were noticing that many of the lakes were beginning to show signs of death. Fish...
Acid rain
Yours is a good essay on an environmental nightmare which poses an enormous threat if left unaddressed. Our environment is not a disposable resource to be exploited by manufacturers looking for the cheapest way to produce profitable products. Our delicately balanced ecological system must be respected because we only have one and it is irreplaceable. Because the dangers are so great, I would have particularly liked to have seen a fuller discussion of any remedies you might propose to alleviate the hazards of acid rain. Your report was enlightening and interesting. Quality work!
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