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Acid Rain
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Acid Rain
Precipitation with low pH, usually resulting from excessive sulfur or nitrogen oxides in the atmosphere. Acid rain is detrimental to both plant and animal life. It has become less common since the 1970s, when governments began to take steps to reduce the sulfur released into the air.
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Acid deposition, as we also call it, is caused when compounds of sulphur, nitrogen, and carbon combine with precipitation in the atmosphere and produce acids.
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