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What does acid rain come from?

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Acid rain usually begins with emissions into the atmosphere of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide. These are released by cars, industrial procesing such as smelting and refining and electric power plants that burn fossil fuelssuch as coal and oil. The gases combine with water vapour in clouds to form sulfuric and nitric acids. Thismakes the rain highly acidic.

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