The Effect of Acid Rain on Plant Growth

Acid Rain is a leading cause to deforestation and other harmful effects to the environment. Acid Rain is produced when coal, oil and gas are burned; they generate sulfur dioxide, nitric oxide and nitrous dioxide that rise into the atmosphere. The oxides then go through chemical reactions and the end result is acid rain or simply a lower pH level then normal or naturally. The lowest recorded pH level in the base of clouds in the northeast is 2.6 and the rain that falls usually has pH levels ranging in the fours. The acid cloud may produce rain, snow or another type of weather condition. At…