Acid rain
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Acid rain is rain or any other form of precipitation that is unusually acidic, meaning that it has elevated levels of hydrogen ions. Most water, including drinking water, has a neutral pH that exists
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Acid clouds can grow on SO2 emissions from refineries, as seen here in Curaçao.
Since 1998, Harvard University wraps some of the bronze and marble statues on its campus, such as this "Chinese stele", with waterproof covers every winter, in order to protect them from corrosion caused by acid rain and acid snow.
The coal-fired Gavin Power Plant in Cheshire, Ohio
Black Triangle (region)
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The Black Triangle is the border region between Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic, long characterized by extremely high levels of pollution. The term was coined in the 1980s. For decades, industr
Acid rain
…have contributed to the Permian-Triassic mass extinction. Forests and other vegetation Acid rain can have severe effects on vegetation. A forest in the Black Triangle in Europe. Adverse effects may be indirectly related to acid rain, like the acid's effects on soil (see above) or the high concentration of gaseous…
Turów Power Station, a thermal power station in Bogatynia, Poland
Effects of acid rain in the Jizera Mountains in 2006
Turów Coal Mine, southern Poland