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Forest soils recovering from effects of acid rain

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Newswise

Publication Date
2020-02-05

Before the United States 1970 Clean Air Act, rainfall all over the country was acidic. As precipitation would fall from the sky, it would mix with gases from industrial plants, emissions from cars, and especially coal and fossil fuel consumption. That caused the water to become acidic – also called “acid rain.”

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https://www.newswise.com/articles/forest-soils-recovering-from-effects-of-acid-rain