Is acid rain still a problem?

The story of acid rain from the 1970s is preserved in newspaper headlines, textbooks, and, it turns out, the soils of the northeastern United States. read more

The story of acid rain from the 1970s is preserved in newspaper headlines, textbooks, and, it turns out, the soils of the northeastern United States. Forty years after humans first began tackling the problem, the impact of acid rain still lingers in New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, according to a new study. read more

The causes of acid rain, how acid rain affects our environment and our health, and what regulatory actions have been put in place to reduce the pollutants that cause acid rain. read more

In many places, no, because the problem was identified and action was taken to deal with it. Although there is considerable variation from year to year, these maps show a reduction in acid rain in the United States. Other maps over intervening years show a generally improving trend. read more

By the 1970s, acid rain had become a widespread problem in the United States and other parts of the world. Over the last century, increasing amounts of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides emitted from fossil fuel burning power plants, primarily from coal, have been identified as the main causes of increased acid rain. read more