Something far worse than acid rain now falls from the sky all the time
A new threat is here, and scientists say there's no way to stop it, as even remote parts of the world are seeing microplastic ...
We got rid of acid rain. Now something scarier is falling from the sky.
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 turned ...
The remote locale that shielded plants during Earth’s biggest mass extinction
About 252 million years ago, 80 to 90 percent of life on Earth was wiped out. In the Turpan-Hami Basin, life persisted and ...
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How Is Acid Rain Formed?
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 ...
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China discovers terrestrial "Life oasis" from end-Permian mass extinction period
A new study reveals that a region in China’s Turpan-Hami Basin served as a refugium, or “Life oasis” for terrestrial plants ...
A river ‘died’ overnight in Zambia after an acidic waste spill at a Chinese-owned mine
Authorities and environmentalists in Zambia fear the long-term impact of an acid spill at a Chinese-owned mine that poisoned ...
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Terrestrial 'life oasis' from end-Permian mass extinction period discovered in China
acid rain, and toxic gases. Evidence for this includes the successive extinction of characteristic Gigantopteris flora in South China and typical Glossopteris flora across Gondwanaland around the ...