Further, China is the planet’s largest emitter of sulfur dioxide and acid rain plagues about a quarter of the countryside. The World Bank estimates that pollution is costing the country 8-12% of ...

Emissions of sulphur dioxide - the chemical that causes acid rain - were double the safe level, the report said. In some areas, rainfall was 100% acid rain, it added. "Increased sulphur dioxide ...

Acid rain pH. The pH scale ranges ... Serious acid rain is a problem in parts of China and elsewhere in Asia that are rapidly industrializing. What’s the Link Between Acid Rain and Climate Change?

Last year acid rain affected one third of China's land mass, Sheng Huaren, vice chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, said in a report to top legislators on Saturday.Sheng ...

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 ...

Studies show that rainwater in the U.S., Sweden, China, and even Antarctica contains PFAS at levels higher than what’s considered safe for drinking water. Unlike acid rain, we can’t simply ...

Acid rain is caused by the release of the gases SO2 (sulphur dioxide) and NOX (nitrous oxides). The main sources of NOX emissions are vehicles and fuel combustion. Sulphur dioxide reacts with ...

A number of studies, for example, have documented microplastics in rain falling all over the world — even in remote, unpopulated regions. For one 2020 analysis in the journal Science ...