The Future of Atmospheric Chemistry Research: Remembering Yesterday, Understanding Today, Anticipating Tomorrow - Report in Brief
The Future of Atmospheric Chemistry Research: Remembering Yesterday, Understanding Today, Anticipating Tomorrow - Report in Brief
The Future of Atmospheric Chemistry Research: Remembering Yesterday, Understanding Today, Anticipating Tomorrow - Report in Brief
August 2016
IN BRIEF
Acid Rain
The combustion of fossil fuels emits nitrogen oxides (NOx)
and sulfur dioxide (SO2), which are converted in the atmosphere into nitric and sulfuric acids that lead to higher acidity
rainfall (known as acid rain). In the 1960s, biologists and
limnologists conducted large-scale experiments linking acid
rain to crop damage, dead lakes, damaged forests, and
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