Acid rain

Acid rain

Rain that has become more acidic than normal (a pH below 5.0) as certain oxides present as airborne pollutants are absorbed by the water droplets. The term is often applied generically to all acidic precipitation.

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The acidic rainfall which results when rain combines with sulfur oxides emissions from combustion of fossil fuels.

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