ACID RAIN: Effects on the ecosystem

ACID RAIN Rain contributes considerably to the water cycle and it’s also very important for the survival of the plants and animals that inhabit this planet as it brings freshwater to the surface of the earth. Human beings are equally relying extensively on rain considering it helps with the production of food as well as electricity, but should we be certain that the rain is absolutely harmless for both us and the environment?           Even though clouds primarily contain vapor water, they also contain other kinds of vapors or rather gases that fall down mixed with the rain droplets. This occurrence is referred to as Acid Rain. HISTORY OF ACID RAIN In Manchester, England, 1852, a pharmacist named Robert Angus Smith was the first to demonstrate the connection between acid rain and pollution by comparing the levels of acidity in the rain falling over industrial areas to the levels in areas near the coast that were much less contaminated. He came up with the term "acid rain" in