Acid Rain

It's Bringing Down Our Ecosystems "Acid rain is a term used to describe the acidity of wet and dry deposition" (Middleton 50). Deposition is just the process of depositing. According to Middleton, who wrote the Atlas of Environmental Issues, the different types of wet deposition are snow, sleet, hail, fog, mist and dew. This is also known as acid precipitation. Ash, soot, and gases are types of dry deposition. Many environmental effects have been attributed to …

…longer and healthier ("Acid Rain" Prevention par 4-8). Works Cited Environmental Protection Agency, "Effects of Acid Rain on People," . Middleton, N, Atlas of Environmental Issues New York: llex 1989, 50-51. Monitoring Acid Rain Youth Program, "Effects of Acid rain on Aquatic Ecosystems," 1997 Patel, "Acid Rain," Internet article from the University of Texas http://www.utexas.edu/ftp/depts/grg/ustudent/gcraft/fall96/patel/fall96/acidrain/>, 1996. Tracy Gow and Michael Pidwimy, "Acid Rain and Deposition," , October 17, 1996