When acidic components get into rain or other forms of precipitation, acid rain can make trees die. It won't hurt you to walk or swim in acid rain, but the particles that cause it may hurt your lungs ...

Acid rain results from pollutants like SO2 and NOₓ released by burning fossil fuels. Acid rain acidifies ecosystems, damages infrastructure, and alters soil chemistry. Acid rain and global warming ...

Acid rain is a very broad term. It encompasses not only rain but also other forms of precipitation including fog, hail, sleet, snow, dust, and gas. It can even cause haze or smog, contributing to the ...

Acid rain from fossil fuel pollution may be quietly training soil bacteria to become longer-lived, more transmissible, and more deadly, according to a new study in the journal New Contaminants that ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Reports are emerging of black rain falling over parts of Iran in the hours ...

The Ohio Department of Agriculture denied that the Feb. 3 freight train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, caused acid rain to pour down on farmlands. Although the controlled burn of vinyl chloride ...