Acid rain is precipitation that contains harmful acids formed from air pollution, and it can damage ecosystems, structures, ...

Plants and forests. Acid rain can destroy nutrients such as calcium and magnesium that keep trees healthy. It releases aluminum, which makes it tougher for trees to get water from the ground.

In the 1970s, acid rain was one of the most serious environmental threats in North America and Europe. The air was so laden with pollution from coal power plants and cars at the time that it ...

Decades ago, acid rain was one of the world’s most alarming environmental crises. Pollution from coal power plants and cars made rainfall so toxic that it killed fish, wiped out forests ...

Acid rain harms plants and wildlife by altering the pH levels of soils and water bodies — for example, acidification of aquatic ecosystems harms endangered whooping cranes by depleting their food ...

Our state is part of the region that consistently leads the nation in emissions of acid rain-producing sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides. Pennsylvania is a leader in acid rain in the U.S. Acid ...

Acid rain can also harm fish and other wildlife ... where acid-sensitive plants and animals may live. An increase in soil sulfur levels can also affect the uptake of minerals into herbage that ...

The biggest sources are coal-burning power plants, factories, and automobiles. A virtual tree graveyard of Norway spruce in Poland bears the scars of acid rain. Caused when rain droplets absorb ...