Acid rain damage to trees. Dead trees in a once- thriving taiga forest due to the effects of acid rain and fumes from a nickel smelting plant in the b

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Acid rain damage to trees. Dead trees in a once- thriving taiga forest due to the effects of acid rain and fumes from a nickel smelting plant in the background. The plant emits sulphurous pollutants which dissolve in atmospheric water to form acid. Normal rain has a pH of but the gases acidify it to a pH of Aquatic organisms are also affected as lakes and streams are acidified. Particles emitted by the factory also settle in nearby areas as a poisonous dust. Photographed near Norilsk in Siberia, northern Russia.

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Photo credit: © THOMAS NILSEN/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: acid, air, atmospheric, conifer, damage, ef, effect, environment, environmental, forest, nickel, norilsk, pollution, rain, siberia, smelting, taiga, tree