acid rain damage
Pollution's erosive toll
Acid rain damage is the harm caused to ecosystems, structures, and materials by precipitation with elevated acidity from industrial pollutants.
Forests show acid rain damage through dying trees and depleted soils.
Buildings and monuments suffer erosion of stone and metal.
Lakes become too acidic to support fish.
The statue's features had been worn smooth by decades of acid rain damage.
- pollutionEnvironmental harm from waste
- power plantsFacilities producing electricity
- erosionGradual wearing away
- corrosionChemical wearing away
- sulfurYellow combustible element
sulfur dioxide · emissions · forest · dead trees · decay · limestone · statues · lakes · dying · fish · smog · industrial · weathering · monuments · marble · toxic · atmosphere · nitrogen
acid rain damageenvironmental restoration
Repairing degraded natural systems
ecosystem restoration · ecological recovery · reforestation · soil restoration · environmental protection
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