In the 1970s, acid rain was one of the most serious environmental threats in North America and Europe. The air was so laden ...

A new threat is here, and scientists say there's no way to stop it, as even remote parts of the world are seeing microplastic ...

In 1990, the Clean Air Act was updated by Congress to eliminate acid rain by reducing power plant pollution. Unfortunately, ...

China has decreased the release of sulfur dioxide by 1.86 million tons over the past two years as a result of its efforts to combat acid rain and sulfur dioxide control. A total of 98 cities in ...

Global warming continues to surge, driven by rising greenhouse gas emissions. Scientists across the world agree: unless these ...

Many people believe that acid rain's effects have been largely reversed by the passage of the Clean Air Acts of 1970 and 1990 (Hubbard Brook Research Foundation, 2001). These acts required a reduction ...

The problem in the 1980s was that American power plants were sending up vast clouds of sulfur dioxide, which was falling back to earth in the form of acid rain, damaging lakes, forests and ...

the sulfur-laden flue gases were just vented off, leading to a series of reactions in the atmosphere that culminated in sulfuric acid falling from the sky — acid rain. The hydrogen sulfide that ...

Volcanic gases, including sulfur dioxide, combined with moisture in the air to form vast toxic clouds that soon gave rise to acid rain. Roughly 10,000 people were killed immediately, and tens of ...

Some effects might include potential ozone depletion and acid rain. Experts have now suggested ... atmosphere could provide the benefits of sulfur dioxide while curbing some of the risks, said ...