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SO2 and NOx emissions in the U.S.

Spruce trees damaged by acid rain in Karkonosze National Park, Poland.

map of acid deposition

Learn how pollution from industrialization in Europe damaged the limestone of Cologne Cathedral

U.S. emissions of SO2, NOx, and NH3, 1970–85 (five-year intervals) and 1990–2008 (one-year intervals).

precipitation pH in the United States, 1994

precipitation pH in the United States, 2008

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SO2 and NOx emissions in the U.S.

Spruce trees damaged by acid rain in Karkonosze National Park, Poland.

map of acid deposition

U.S. emissions of SO2, NOx, and NH3, 1970–85 (five-year intervals) and 1990–2008 (one-year intervals).

precipitation pH in the United States, 1994

precipitation pH in the United States, 2008

Graph of hydrogen ion concentration in water collected at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest between 1960 and 2007.

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