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noun - rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions (especially sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) combine with water
ACID RAIN - rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions (especially sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) combine with water
ACID RAIN - Acid rain is a rain or any other form of precipitation that is unusually acidic, meaning that it has elevated levels of hydrogen ions (low pH). It ca...
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| Jul 21 2018 The Times - Concise |
| Jan 9 2018 The Times - Cryptic |
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| Newts are New Hampshire's state amphibian, partly for helping track this form of liquid pollution |
| Canada's maple sugar industry is directly endangered by this pollution |
| Emmissions of nitrogen & sulfur oxides into the air cause this, endangering fish & aquatic life |
| Word used to describe rain, snow or fog with a pH value of less than 5.6 |
| (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an animation on the monitor.) Fossil fuel-burning industries emit sulfur dioxide & nitrogen oxide, which combine with water in the atmosphere & fall as this nasty stuff |
| Sulfur & nitrogen compounds mix with water, lowering the pH level, & produce this kind of precipitation |
| Caused in part by sulfur dioxide emissions, it has "killed" 500 bodies of water in the Adirondacks |
| In 1872 Scottish scientist Robert Angus Smith first described this toxic precipitation & its effects |
| In 2008 scientists discovered an unusual molecule, with 2 hydrogen bonds, that may clean up this toxic precipitation |
| Sulfur dioxide reacts in the atmosphere to form particles & this tree-damaging precipitation |
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| Acid rain is a rain or any other form of precipitation that is unusually acidic, meaning that it has elevated levels of hydrogen ions (low pH). It can have harmful effects on plants, aquatic animals and infrastructure. Acid rain is caused by emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide, which react with the water molecules in the atmosphere to produce acids. Some governments have made efforts since the 1970s to reduce the release of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide into the atmosphere with positive results. Nitrogen oxides can also be produced naturally by lightning strikes, and sulfur dioxide is produced by volcanic eruptions. Acid rain has been shown to have adverse impacts on forests, freshwaters and soils, killing insect and aquatic life-forms, causing paint to peel, corrosion of steel structures such as bridges, and weathering of stone buildings and statues as well as having impacts on human health. |