print email comment close Clean Air Markets: Environmental Issues: Acid Rain URL: http://www.epa.gov/acidrain/ Description: Introductory material about acid rain, "a broad term used to describe several ways that acids fall out of the atmosphere. A more precise term is acid deposition." Includes a discussion of how acid rain is caused by pollutants in the environment, how acid rain is measured, and what can be done to reduce acid rain. Also includes experiments for students. In English and Spanish. From the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Publisher: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Extra Keywords sulfur dioxide SO2 nitrogen oxides NOx Library of Congress Subject Headings: Acid deposition Acid rain Air -- Pollution LII Database Information: Record 21331 created by Maria Brandt on 04/24/2006 Last modification on 04/25/2006 Published: 04/27/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/21331