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Why acid rain forms?

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Anonymous

8y ago
Updated: 10/8/2021

Acid rain is rain that has been made acidic by pollution. The main cause industrial burning of coal and other fossil fuels, the waste gases from these contain sulphur and nitrogen oxides which combine with atmospheric water to form acids.

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