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acid rain
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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2009
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ac·id rain
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rainfall made sufficiently acidic by atmospheric pollution that it causes environmental harm, typically to forests and lakes.
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 "Portland Press Herald (Maine)")
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NOT OUT OF the woods ; Acid rain isn't the urgent concern it was in the 1980s, but it still threatens more than a third of Maine's forests.
Newspaper article from: Portland Press Herald (Maine); 2/28/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...OUT OF the woods ; Acid rain isn't the urgent concern...Learn More Online: Acid rains effect on forests: http...Protection Agency on acid rain: http://tinyurl...said. Acid rain, or acid deposition, occurs when...the atmosphere to form acids that settle ...
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MAINE SENATOR BACKS DOWN ON ACID RAIN
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 9/29/1988; ; 700+ words
; ...year fight for tough acid rain legislation, drew fire...reality of the politics of acid rain have convinced him that...adequate program to deal with acid rains." Mitchell said the...promised to reduce acid rain emissions and has not...
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CLUE TO ACID RAIN'S PATH SEEN IN HAZE
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 11/10/1987; ; 700+ words
; ...enlivened debate over what causes acid rains that threaten the region's lakes...insist the only way to eliminate acid rain is to impose tough pollution controls...sulfate and falls to the ground as acid rain or snow. The last several days...
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Acid Rain-Caused `Lethal Moss' Another Deadly Threat to Trees
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 4/18/1988; ; 477 words
; ...been conclusive evidence that acid rain is directly killing the...are killing trees, although acid rain appears to speed up the...bogs even produce their own acid rain. Many bogs emit sulfide...where no human-caused acid rains fall, show that bogs can create their own ...
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Acid Rain Severely Damages Swedish Forestry: Survey
Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire; 3/5/1999; 323 words
; Severe acid rain damage to forests in southern Sweden...southern Sweden were assaulted by acid rains exceeding relevant standards, according...country, have been heavily affected by acid rain exceeding relevant standards, the survey...
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Silver lining?(weatherfront)(acid rains contain metane production)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Weatherwise; 1/1/2005; 700+ words
; ...uncovered a surprising side effect of acid rain: constraining the production of methane...the United Kingdom have found that acid rain inhibits wetland bacteria from...of wetlands, sulfates contained in acid rain, high temperatures, and substantial...
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Asian Countries Join Forces to Combat Acid Rains
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 2/22/2002; 386 words
; ...combat the deteriorating problem of acid rain at a meeting held in Beijing Thursday...international workshop on public awareness for acid rain. Xu Zhenglong, secretary-general...conquering "the devil in the air." The acid rain causes serious environmental damage...
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More Acid Rains for India: Scientists
Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire; 10/8/1998; 308 words
; ...more and more showers of acidic rain in future if the present trend...that the major contributors to acid rain are oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, while organic acids and to some extent hydrochloric acid also make rain acidic. Sources of the acid rain are industrial ...
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China trying emission trading to curb acid rain (2)
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 1/16/2003; 605 words
; ...trying emission trading to curb acid rain (2) The agreement was achieved...using economics to curb acid rain. Sulfur dioxide creates acid rain, which has become a major environmental...curbing sulfur dioxide and acid rains during the Tenth Five-Year...
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 "Mail Today (New Delhi, India)")
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HAZARD! Acid rain, damage to human health, soil erosion... the real cost of the Jaipur fire.
Newspaper article from: Mail Today (New Delhi, India); 11/1/2009; 700+ words
; ...surrounding areas could witness acid rains, damage to vegetation and...atmosphere, nitric and sulphuric acids are formed and they fall down in the form of acid rain. "Though it is not rainy season, one can expect acid rain over Jaipur and its surrounding...
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Acid Rain
Book article from: World of Earth Science
Acid rain Acid rain is rain with a pH (a logarithmic measurement...acidity or alkalinity) of less than 5.7. Acid rain usually results from elevated levels of nitric and sulfuric acids in air pollution. Acidic pollutants that...
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acid rain
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
acid rain Acid rain became one of the...high concentrations of acids in the urban rainfall...rainwater to form carbonic acid, giving it a pH of around...presence of other natural acids can reduce the pH of unpolluted rain to around 5. Dust in...
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Acid rain
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Acid rain “ Acid rain ” is a popularly...environmental damage that this causes. Acid rain became a prominent issue...Strictly speaking, the term acid rain should only refer to rainfall...solutions of sulfuric and nitric acids (H 2 SO 4 and HNO 3 , ...
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Sulfuric Acid
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...running. Sulfuric acid is one of the major components of acid rain. Coal contains sulfur as a natural impurity and when...then reacts with water in the air, creating sulfuric acid. This acid rain can damage buildings, corrode metal, and destroy...
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Acids and Bases
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science
...with calcium oxide neutralizes acids remaining in the soil and restores...they react with water to form acid rain. Scrubbers that contain bases...in such plants to neutralize acids in escaping gases. Treatment...the world around us. Lactic acid occurs in sour milk, citric...
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