
Acid Rain
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The Effects of Acid Rain on the Ecosystem
A lot of fish can survive in bodies of water that are under five on the pH scale, but they can't reproduce. It's one of the reasons why it takes so long to figure out because you look at the fish and you're like, well, this is a normal fish. There's no reason why it shouldn't be able to reproduce. And it's not even that every fish, their eggs don't hatch. It's just like the hatcheries are dwindling. The impact of acid rain are massive. Like it affects the soil, like the worms in the soil. Soil is really important for all these forest ecosystems. Once the soil gets more acid, then things grow
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