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Acid rain is a danger to our environment, and many ecosystems that we rely on everyday. Acid rain is caused by today’s industries. ... Most often this byproduct is sulfuric acid. The immense amounts of sulfuric acid is then absorbed into the moisture in the air, and rainfall becomes damaging to the external environment. Acid rain causes a large reduction of pH levels in water (Krajick 1). Acid rain is measured in terms of “pH”. ... 7, but acid rainfall can cause a body of water to fall to a pH level as low as four (EPA. ...
What exactly does this do to our environment? The effects of acid rain are most clearly seen in the aquatic or water environments such as streams, lakes and marshes. Acid rain flows into these bodies of water after falling on forests, fields, buildings and roads. ... Acid rain penetrates into the heart of an ecosystem.
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