"If we don't have the funding for research to look at what's happening, we are just blind." Scientist says crisis once ...

Acid rain harms plants and wildlife by altering the pH levels of soils and water bodies — for example, acidification of aquatic ecosystems harms endangered whooping cranes by depleting their food ...

The Black Triangle gets its name from the coal burned by nearby power plants. Decades of acid rain generated by power-plant emissions have devastated the region's ecosystems. Yet the treeless ...

In the 1970s, acid rain was one of the most serious environmental threats in North America and Europe. The air was so laden with pollution from coal power plants and cars at the time that it ...

In the '80s, the challenge was to limit acid rain from power plants; now, it's to cut carbon emissions. Walter Bibkow / Photo Library John B. Henry was hiking in Maine's Acadia National Park one ...