Synonym: acid precipitation. Similar words: brain drain, drain, down the drain, against the grain, acid, placid, acidic, acid test. Meaning: n. 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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31. They were keen to combat acid rain, freeze carbon dioxide emissions and improve public transport.
32. Out on the motorways cars go into the fog. Acid rain at the rattling glass.
33. Hydrocarbons also contribute both to acid rain and to ozone formation.
34. For the pupils it's a graphic introduction to how acid rain starts out.
35. Climate change is already more important than acid rain(sentencedict.com), genetic engineering a more topical issue than saving whales.
36. The illustration shows the devastating effect on the marble produced by structural movement and the ingress of acid rain.
37. The acid rain was splashing around my feet, rapidly dissolving my boots.
38. How many people will voluntarily give up driving cars to prevent acid rain or global warming?
39. Acid rain, a product of coal combustion and automobile exhaust, is threatening our lakes and forests.
40. You would have been forgiven for a knowing smile then, but now acid rain is no laughing matter.
41. The real danger to the mountain vegetation comes not from cycle wheels but from acid rain and global warming.
42. Has no one told him about acid rain or the carcinogens in coal waste?
43. There will be displays on acid rain, the ozone layer and global warming.
44. Pollution Targets and Critical Loads Critical loads mark the limit of nature's ability to tolerate acid rain.
45. Acid rain has caused such severe erosion of the Sierra del Mar that the entire mountainside could slide down on to Cubatoa.
46. This must surely mean that acid rain was natural and the acidification of lochs had nothing to do with power stations.
47. They said the reason the trees were dying was acid rain.
48. People say that acid rain from processing plants have rotted their tin roofs.
49. Much of the clean-air act is aimed at acid rain, which a giant official study has concluded is virtually a non-problem.
50. Prevailing westerly winds spread acid rain across the country, however.
51. As with acid rain and ozone depletion, international co-ordination of government policy is required to tackle the free rider problem.
52. Manure seepage from storage areas is polluting waterways and evaporating ammonia is contributing to acid rain.
53. It is largely our need for electricity and transport and our demand for consumer goods that ultimately leads to acid rain.
54. When acid rain falls, it affects the pH balance of the soil.
55. This sets strict limits on emissions in an effort to reduce the country's contribution to global warming and acid rain.
56. It dismisses suggestions that acid rain is a key factor in declining tree health.
57. By the time he and his colleagues had completed the 1979 follow-up study, acid rain was much in the news.
58. Other factors include two years of drought, acid rain, run-off from contaminated land and reduced governmental expenditure on sewage treatment.
59. It would also reduce sulphur dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions, which cause acid rain, by 42,000 tonnes.
60. With swift action and investment from all the industrialised nations, acid rain could become a thing of the past.