Acid rain is a rain which pours chemical water instead of a natural one. The main reasons are the emissions of sulfur and nitrogen from big factories. For many years, acid rains caused essential harms to the agriculture. This water can penetrate deep inside the soil and it will further be impossible to grow ecological production.
Acid rain affects all types of materials, from historical or cultural value objects to more ordinary objects such as cars and vehicles. Acid rain, especially in the "dry" form, corrodes metal, and accelerates the deterioration of stone and paint. The colour of the car gets less saturated.
If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is "God is crying." And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is "Probably because of something you did."
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I've heard that marine species (fish especially) are very dangerous for our health too. The meat contains a big quantity of mercury from coal burning in electric power which was dissolved in the sea water. hock:
it is all in the future, whales die because of oil blows, acid rains could also cause their death.
If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is "God is crying." And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is "Probably because of something you did."
video about acid rains:
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The notion of "acid rain" appeared in the middle of the 20th century, when the British scientists noticed that the pollution of the air by industrial factories made the common rains become a little bit "sourer" than usually. It is to be noticed that all rains have a little content of acid.
If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is "God is crying." And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is "Probably because of something you did."
M.Helen Wrote:video about acid rains:
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It's a good thing that the UK understands the problem well and offers money for carrying out researches in this respect, but unfortunately the poor countries don't pay attention to that, and thereby will suffer more because of acid raints.
Poor countries understand that rich countries will help them when it is necessary, since acid rains is a phenomenon which doesn't have border, and if nothing is done, not only one state is affected, but its neighbours as well.
I think UK is the country which may suffer mostly from acid rains because of 2 reasons:
1) UK is a superpower the economy of which is very strong and, thereby, industrial
2) UK is the country with lots and lots of rains.
If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is "God is crying." And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is "Probably because of something you did."
well acid rains don't kill directly, but you can certainly get cancer from it.
If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is "God is crying." And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is "Probably because of something you did."
the point is that any rain contains a bit of acids, the point is that we should know when this quantity gets bigger and when smaller. But, only special devices can assess that.
Benn and Will, you are both wrong. Acid rains neither kill nor cause cancer. Instead, they may cause (but hardly possible) respiratory diseases such as asthma or chronic bronchitis.
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