Showing posts with label acid rain. Show all posts
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Monday, August 10, 2020

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

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A PinP photo.

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.

Mangrove forests are healing after decades of human destruction

The BBC A mangrove swamp in Indonesia. Photo by Adnankasogi. The world's coastal mangrove forests, which protect millions of people from...