Acid Rain and the effects on the environment.

Acid Rain Acid Rain is a term most all of us have heard of from time to time. But many of us know little about just what it is, or how it is caused. To tell you the truth I had no idea of what it was until I started researching for this report. ?Acid rain? refers to acids falling from the sky. The more appropriate or precise term used for acid rain is acid …

…turning brown and dieing instead of flourishing. Acid deposition causes slower growth, injury or death to our forests. Acid rain has impacted forest and soil degradation to areas such as the Appalachian Mountains to the great Smokey Mountains. The ability of the soil to buffer acidity in rain depends on the thickness and composition of the soil. Indiana is well buffered to the effects due to the type of bedrock we have beneath the surface.