Atmospheric pollutants, particularly oxides of sulphur and nitrogen, can cause precipitation to become more acidic when converted to sulphuric and nitric acids, hence the term acid rain.
Impacts of Acid rain
Acid rain has negative effects on the environment. Since acid rain is a transboundary pollution problem, acidic emissions produced by one country can be deposited in another. Sweden and Norway, for example, both receive more than 90% of their sulphur pollution from abroad.
If large quantities of acid rain are deposited they may have detrimental consequences for wildlife, forests, soils, freshwater and buildings. Acid rain acidifies the soils and waters where it falls, killing off plants and animals. Surface water acidific
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