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From the early times through the Industrial revolution to the Space Age, humans have produced inventions that use many of the earth's varied energy resources to make living easier. In many cases the energy comes from burning fossil fuels such ....

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... rain are sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides. Acid rain usually forms high in the clouds where sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides react with water, oxygen, and oxidants. This forms a mild solution of sulfuric acid and nitric acid. These chemical reactions that change air pollution into acid rain can take from several hours to several days. Sunlight increases the rate of these reactions. Rainwater, snow, fog, and other forms of precipitation containing these mild solutions of sulfuric and nitric acids fall to the ground as acid rain. Years ago, when smokestacks were only a few stories tall, pollution from the smokestacks usually stay ...