Acid Rain
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What is acid rain?
The pH scale is used to measure how acidic or basic (alkaline) a liquid solution is. How acidic or basic a liquid is depends on its ions. Acids have hyrogen ions, and bases have hydroxide ions. On a scale from 0 to 14, 0 is the most acidic, and 14 is the most basic. Something like distilled water, which has neither acids nor bases, is 7, neutral. If the pH level of rain is below 5.5, it is considered acidic. Rainfall in the eastern United States and in Western Europe can range from 4.5 to 4.0.
The core problem of acid rain is balance. Normal rainfall is slightly acidic. This falls to the earth and generally reacts with alkaline chemicals found in the bedrock, air, soils, lakes, and streams, and is neutralized. It is a balance. However, when the rain is more acidic, these neutralizing chemicals eventually get depleted. This, "buffering effect" does not work anymore, and the balance is destroyed.
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