Background understanding of the environment

Our research on how the acidity of water affects plants can be related on a much larger scale to acid rain and it's impact on the environment such as rainforests. In some parts of the environment, acid rain is a huge factor that contributes to the harming of our ecosystems. Their effect is very destructive and long lasting. Acidic water ruins plants nutrients, Hurting the plants' ability survive and thus give life to other organisms. Many agencies are already involved in the prevention of acid rain and have even started programmed and laws to further prevent the occurrence of acid rain. Below are some links and articles related to agencies work on acid rain:  Egerejeen.wordpress.com/2012/02/25/efforts-to-control-acid-rain-and-international-agreements/ http://www.ec.gc.ca/air/default.asp?lang=En&n=F5CBD0BB-1 http://www.epa.gov/acidrain/reducing/index.html http://www.ypte.org.uk/environmental/acid-rain/1 By conducting this project, we hope to better understand and get a rough idea of just how much the world is being hurt by acid rain. However, as using acid in our experiment is very dangerous and could be harmful to us, we decided not to take the risk and instead use vinegar, which contains acetic acids, as it still can show us a small aspect of the way acid rain is impacting our environment.