Tuesday, May 11, 2010

How Acid rain effects aquatic life

Acid rain is very harmful to the environment. Acid rain damages everything over a period of time because it makes the living things in the environment die. Acid rain affects the life in the water as well as the life on land. It is almost worse in water than on land because the fish that are in the water need the water to breathe. When the water gets polluted, then the fish get sick and end up dying.

Acid rain is measured by pH balance anything under pH 7 is considerd acid rain. at pH 5 most fish eggs are not able to hatch. Anything lower and adult fish well end up dying. Some acid lakes dont even have fish.