But other poor victims of acid rain are water bodies like lakes and the creature that live in them. Now when acid rain falls into lakes it changes the acidity in the water. The water becomes more acidic. ... Now the sulphuric acid in the water also affects the fish in the lake. ... So what happens is that when the fish takes water in through it gills instead of absorbing the oxygen in the water it absorbs the sulphur dioxide present in it. ...

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Acid rain is the term for pollution caused when sulfur and nitrogen dioxides combine with atmospheric moisture. ... There is a certain degree of naturally occurring acidity in rain water. ... More than 90% of the sulfur and 95% of the nitrogen emissions which occur in North America are due to the pollution created by humans.1 How Is Acid Rain Formed? ... The oxygen atoms react with water molecules (H2O), producing electrically charged, negative hydroxyl radicals (HO). ... One of these damaging metals is aluminum, which will coat and burn the gills of the fish as it intakes the polluted water. ...

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