Acid Rain
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The name "Acid rain" is the general term most commonly used to describe the various ways in which acids fall from the atmosphere. The most commonly used nomenclature for this process is "Acid Deposition," which exists in two forms, "wet" and "dry". Wet deposition, the better known of the two processes, refers not only to acidic rain, but as well fog and snow. When this contaminated water flows over and through the earth, it has a tremendously negative affects on a large variety of animals and vegetations. Although the potency of the effects depend on several factors, including the general nature of the acidic water, the basic chemistry and various buffering capacities of the soils involved, and the volatility of the many organisms and their habitats that rely on water. The over all presence of wet deposition is a detrimental hazard to any eco-system. "Dry deposition", the lesser known of the process, is the term for acidic gases and particles settling in the various eco-system channels. Almost half of the total acidity stored in atmosphere settles on the earth by the dry deposition process. As these particles and gasses settle, they contaminate a majority of the various eco-cycles. For instance, wind blows these settled gasses and particles onto buildings, automobiles, housing, lake and seashores and various vegetations such as trees and crop...