Whatever happened to acid rain?

Acid rain occurs when sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides—gases released by the burning of fossil fuel—form acidic compounds in the atmosphere. These fall back to earth in rain, snow, or sleet or as dry particles or gases. read more

Namely, a hole in the ozone layer and acid rain falling from the sky (which, in my mind at the time, meant the world was going to start melting). Scary and omnipresent as they were then, these two environmental disasters don’t make headlines like they used to. read more

Just like Prince and his Purple Rain, acid rain continues to affect us all, occasionally making an appearance in headlines. read more

Recently, my coworkers and I have started tracking the internet chatter about acid rain. We were curious about what the world was saying about this iconic environmental issue. read more