Showing posts with label acid rain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label acid rain. Show all posts

Monday, August 10, 2020

Agriculture replaces fossil fuels as largest human source of sulfur to the environment

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Historically, coal-fired power plants were the largest source of reactive sulfur, a component of acid rain, to the biosphere. A new study shows that fertilizer and pesticide applications to croplands are now the most important source of sulfur to the environment. Details here.

What's different, and worse, about the smoke from the L.A. fires

CBC  News Lungs, heart, brain and more at risk, doctors say. Story here.