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acid rain Noun rain containing pollutants released into the atmosphere by burning coal or oil
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| The trail is a living laboratory of
protected slices of land that could reflect environmental changes such
as higher ozone levels, acid rain, smog, and other air quality
indicators. Comprising numerous
indicators related to the environment, the index found China to be
extremely weak in the sustainability of water use, air pollution, and
emissions of acid rain and greenhouse-effect gases, as well as in
resource and waste management, and environmental governance. Evers says his findings also indicate that acid rain has leached
calcium (an essential ingredient in the formation of eggshells) out of
the soil. |
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acid rain - rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions (especially sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) combine with water
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