Acid deposition (acid rain): Precipitation with pH below 5.6, caused by SO₂ and NOₓ reacting with water in the atmosphere to form sulfuric and nitric acid.
How to apply it: Use acid deposition to explain how emissions from Midwestern coal plants damaged forests and lakes in the northeastern United States.
Course: AP Environmental Science · Unit: Atmospheric Pollution
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