Environment Ministries, Agencies and NGOs

1. Nitrogen and Sulfur Oxide Emissions by Country (Important data for all groups!)

Annual Country Trends

Greenpeace 2018 SO2 rankings and global google map
Greenpeace 2019-2020 SO2 rankings (pdf)
A closer look at the colourless gas that is poisoning our air and health

NASA map (identify point sources)
World's Air Pollution: Real-time Air Quality Index

2. Links for regional groups (Click the triangle)

 Norway/Sweden

Miljø Direktoratet (Norwegian Environment Agency)
State of the Environment - Acid Rain (2018 copy)
Deposition Maps of Sulphur ("svovel") and Nitrogen 1978-2011 (2016 copy)
Areas where critical loads are exceeded (2018 copy)
Search for acid rain in Freshwater, Pollution, and Landscapes (2022)
Norway Online
Norwegian Environmental Technology - Chapter 4 pdf (2010 copy) or pdf (2013 copy)
Norwegian Institute for Water Research
Acid rain still affects water quality (2014)
Lake Acidification in Norway: Present and Predicted Fish Status, Ambio, 18(6), 314-321 (1989)
Naturvårdsverket (Swedish Environmental Protection Agency)
Swedish Environmental Policy: Acid Rain pdf (1999 copy)
Sweden's Environmental Objectives: Natural Acidification Only (2021), pdf (2012 copy), pdf (2008 copy), or pdf (2007 copy)
Environmental quality criteria for the forest landscape pdf (2007 copy)
Environmental quality criteria for the agricultural landscape pdf (2007 copy)
Environmental quality criteria for groundwater pdf (2007 copy) or pdf (2000 copy)
Environmental quality criteria for the lakes and watercourses pdf (2000 copy)
Effects of nitrogen deposition on Forest Ecosystems pdf (2000 copy)
Recovery from Acidification in the Natural Environment pdf (1999 copy)
Working together to reduce airborne pollution (2023)
Annual Swedish reports to the Air Convention pdf (2022)
Luftförorenings- och klimatsekretariatet (Swedish Air Pollution & Climate Secretariat)
Air and the Environment or pdf (2004)
See Chapter 2. Air pollution and nature, Chapter 3. Air pollution and man, and Chapter 5. Acidification
Acidification (2008)
Health Impact of Emissions from Large Point Sources or pdf (2006)
Swedish University of Agricultural Science (Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet)
Exchangeable base cations: maps and pdf (2018 copy), or original Swedish
Replaceable aluminum and total acidity: maps and pdf (2018 copy), or original Swedish
Cation exchange capacity and base saturation: maps and pdf (2018 copy), or original Swedish
UNECE Forestry Department (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe)
Clearing the air pdf (2009)
Maintenance of Forest Ecosystem Health and Vitality pdf (2011)
Base Saturation Map pdf (2011 copy)
World Environment Day 2020: why clean air is vital for healthy ecosystems
Case Study (Sweden)
The discovery and early study of acidification of lakes in Sweden, Ambio 50, 266–268 (2021)
Freshwater Acidification (1999 copy)
European Environment Agency
Sweden - Air Pollution Fact Sheet (2022)
Norway - Air Pollution Fact Sheet (2022)
European Modeling and Evaluation Program (emep)
Maps and graphs. See Norway and Sweden (2022)
Database of numerical values
Environmental Science & Technology
Modeling Future Acidification and Fish Populations in Norwegian Surface Waters or pdf, ES&T 44(14), 5345-5351(2010)
Coordination Centre for Effects (Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution UNECE)
Final Report: European critical loads: database, biodiversity and ecosystems at risk or pdf copy (2017).
See main report and reports for Norway and for Sweden.
Energy
Energy Use in Sweden (2022)
How UK vehicle emissions affect Norway's fish, Guardian (2019)
Norwegian industry plans to up fossil fuel production despite Paris pledge, Guardian (2016)
Coal production and consumption in Norway, U.S. Energy Information Administration
Coal production and consumption in Sweden, U.S. Energy Information Administration

 Germany/Poland/Czechia

Umweltbundesamt (German Environment Agency)
Data on the Environment pdf (2020) or Air quality (2020 copy)
Data on the Environment pdf (2017) or Air quality (2017 copy)
Data on the Environment and Agriculture pdf (2011) or Critical Loads for Acidification (2011 copy)
Data on the Environment pdf (2006) or Air and Soil (2006 copy)
Air and Air Pollution Control: Acidification pdf (2011 copy)
Sulphur Dioxide and Nitrogen Dioxide (2021)
Environmental Data Graphs (in German)
Emissions of air pollutants 1990-2020, NO2 (pdf), SO2 (pdf)
"Stickstoffoxid" (NO2) 2001-2020 single year maps and data (see pdf links at bottom of page) or 1990-2008 maps
"Schwefeldioxid" (SO2) 2000-2020 single year data (see pdf links at bottom of page) or 1985-2008 maps
"pH-Wertes" (pH-Values) and "Ionenkonzentrationen" (ion concentrations) found in precipitation, 1982-2014 (pdf copy)
Emissions of air pollutants on steep decline since reunification (2012) or pdf (2012 copy)
Impacts of air pollution on human health, ecosystems and cultural heritage, LRTAP pdf (2010 copy)
Botany Online (Universität Hamburg, Department Biologie)
Air Pollution, Acid Rain, and Forest Damage (2003)
Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung (German Senate Department for Urban Development)
Effects of Long-term Pollution Load on the Forest Ecosystem pdf (1997)
International Co-operative Programme on Assessment and Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Forests
25 Years of Monitoring Forests pdf (2010 copy)
German National Forest Condition Report or pdf (2012 copy) or pdf (2009 copy)
Cause-effect Relationships of Forest Ecosystems or pdf (2002 copy)
The response of soil solution chemistry in European forests to decreasing acid deposition, Global Change Biology, 24, 3603-3619 (2018).
Inspekcja Ochrony Środowiska (Polish State Inspectorate for Environmental Protection)
State of the Environment (2018 in Polish). See precipitation pollution pdf copy
State of the Environment (2008 in English)
State of the Environment (1998 copy)
European Environment Agency
Germany - Air Pollution Fact Sheet (2022)
Poland - Air Pollution Fact Sheet (2022)
Czechia - Air Pollution Fact Sheet (2022)
Kabinet environmentálních studi (Charles University Environment Center, Czech Republic)
State of the Environment. See chapter 3a pdf (2003)
Èeský geologický ústav (Czech Geological Survey)
Acidification and Eutrophication of Soil and Water in the Czech Republic (2003 copy)
Ministerstvo životního prostředí (Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic)
State of Environment Reports or relevant sections: pdf (2020 copy),
pdf (2019 copy), pdf (2018 copy), pdf (2016 copy), pdf (2015 copy), pdf (2014 copy)
Air Pollution & Climate Secretariat (Luftförorenings- och klimatsekretariatet)
Health Impact of Emissions from Large Point Sources or pdf (2006)
UNEP Global Resource Information Database
Acid Rain in Europe (1993), large map copy
European Soil Portal
Soil pH map (2009) copy
State of Soil Report contains critical load map (1980 vs 2010) map copy
UNECE Forestry Department (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe)
Clearing the air pdf (2009)
Maintenance of Forest Ecosystem Health and Vitality pdf (2011) contains Base Saturation Map pdf (2011 copy)
World Environment Day 2020: why clean air is vital for healthy ecosystems
Case Study
Czech Republic (1999 copy)
European Modeling and Evaluation Program (emep)
Maps and graphs. See Germany, Poland, and Czechia 2022
Database of numerical values
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Aura OMI observations of regional SO2 and NO2 pollution changes from 2005 to 2015 or pdf, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 4605–4629, (2016)
Environmental Science & Technology
Recovery of Acidified European Surface Waters or pdf, ES&T 39(3), 64A-72A (2005)
Coordination Centre for Effects (Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution UNECE)
Final Report: European critical loads: database, biodiversity and ecosystems at risk or pdf copy (2017).
See main report and reports for Czech Republic, for Germany, and for Poland.
Coal
Largest Coal Consuming Countries, Global Energy Assessment - Toward a Sustainable Future (2012)
Germany's Coal Addiction (Video), New York Times (2014) or youtube
Why 'Green' Germany Remains Addicted to Coal, New York Times, October 10, 2018 or pdf copy
German expert panel agrees on 2038 deadline to end coal use, Associated Press, January 26, 2019 or pdf copy
Coal production and consumption in Germany, U.S. Energy Information Administration
Coal production and consumption in Poland, U.S. Energy Information Administration
Coal production and consumption in Czech Republic, U.S. Energy Information Administration

 England/Scotland

National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory
Acidification and Eutrification
NO2 or SO2 by sector and year (1990-2020)
Emissions maps for SO2 or NOx (2020 copy)
Air Quality Pollutant Inventories for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland: 2005-2020 or pdf (2022)
United Kingdom Upland Waters Monitoring Network
About the UWMN
Annual Reports or pdf (2016)
20 Year Interpretive Report (pdf 2010)
Extensive data for each site
Scottish Environmental Protection Agency
State of Scotland's Environment Videos (2014)
Air or video copy
Soil or video copy
State of Scotland's Environment pdf (2006 copy)
Air Quality Reports pdf (2008 copy) or pdf (1999 copy)
Scotland's Soil Resource pdf (2006 copy)
Scottish Government
Scottish Environmental Statistics Annual Reports or Air Quality (2016)
Emissions of Sulphur Dioxide and Nitrogen Oxides from Large Combustion Plants 1996-2015 pdf (copy)
Sensitive Habitats Exceeding Critical Loads for Acidification and Eutrophication 1995-2013 pdf (copy)
Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs
Acid Rain Reports, pdf (2021, see section 3)
Air Quality damage cost update pdf (2023)
National Expert Group on Transboundary Air Pollution
NEGTAP Final Report pdf (2001 copy)
UK Office for National Statistics
Acid Rain Precursor Emissions by Industry Sector and Gas 1990-2020 or Excel sheet download (2020)
UK Air Pollution Information System
Acid deposition (2015)
Luftförorenings- och klimatsekretariatet (Air Pollution & Climate Secretariat)
Health Impact of Emissions from Large Point Sources or pdf (2006)
Case Study
United Kingdom (1999 copy)
European Modeling and Evaluation Program (emep)
Maps and graphs. See United Kingdom (2022)
Database of numerical values
Environmental Science & Technology
Hydrochloric Acid: An Overlooked Driver of Environmental Change or pdf, ES&T Feb 2, 2011
Coordination Centre for Effects (Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution UNECE)
Final Report: European critical loads: database, biodiversity and ecosystems at risk or pdf copy (2017).
See main report and report for United Kingdom.
Coal
Coal power generation declines in United Kingdom as natural gas, renewables grow, US Energy Information Discussions (2013)
UK's coal plants to be phased out within 10 years, BBC (2015)

 Canada/US

United States Environmental Protection Agency
Acid Rain Home
Progress Reports (2021)
Emission Reductions (2021)
United States Geological Survey
Acid Rain and Our Nation's Capital (1997)
Soil-Calcium Depletion Linked To Acid Rain And Forest Growth In The Eastern United States pdf (1999 copy)
Water Science School: Acid Rain (2013)
Hubbard Brook Research Foundation
Hubbard Brook Ecosystem
Acid Rain Revisited pdf (2001) and web page
Nitrogen Pollution pdf (2003) and web page
Hubbard Brook: An 8,000-acre Test Tube, Living on Earth (2016)
Fifty Years Of Continuous Precipitation And Stream Chemistry Data From The Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study (1963–2013), Ecology 98(8), 2224-2224 (2017).
Aluminum Is More Tightly Bound In Soil After Wollastonite Treatment To A Forest Watershed, Forest Ecology and Management, 397, 57-66 (2017)
National Atmospheric Deposition Program
Acid Rain
National Trends Network
Annual Maps by Year (1985-2021) for SO4-2, NO3-, pH and more
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides emission report pdf (2007 copy)
Lessons from Little Rock Lake pdf (2007 copy)
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Acid Rain
Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
Acid Rain in the 21st century
ScienceDaily
Wisconsin Lake Study Shows Persistence Of Acid Rain Effects (2000)
NASA Earth Observatory
The Ups and Downs of Sulfur Dioxide in North America (2017)
Science Magazine
Is Acid Rain a Thing of the Past? (2012)
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
Acid Rain (Deposition) Fact Sheet pdf (2019 copy)
West Virgina
How limestone sand is breathing life into WVs acid-damaged streams pdf (2018 copy)
National Science Foundation Research News
Colorado mountains bouncing back from acid rain effects (2021)
Government of Canada
Canada’s Air Pollutant Emissions Inventory Report or pdf (2022)
Acid rain: causes and effects (2018)
Canada - United States Air Quality Agreement Progress Report or pdf (2016)
Air: Acid Rain (2010)
Water: Acid Rain pdf (2013 copy)
Air pollutant emissions (see by pollutant and by sector) or pdf (2021)
An acid rain legacy for Canada’s freshwater lakes (EnviroZine, 93, July 2009 copy)
Acid Rain Still Plaguing Lakes and Loons (Sept/Oct 2000)
Wildlife and Habitat Monitoring at Sudbury (2014)
Pollution Probe (Canada)
The Acid Rain Primer pdf (2006 copy)
Our Changing Planet: Acid Rain (2008 copy)
European Modeling and Evaluation Program (emep)
Maps and graphs. See Canada and United States (2022)
Database of numerical values
Case Study
Canada (1999 copy)
Water, Soil, and Air Pollution: Focus
Recovery of Acidified Lakes: Lessons From Sudbury, Ontario, Canada (2007)
International Association of Certified Home Inspectors
Acid Rain and Inspectors: Buildings at Risk
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Aura OMI observations of regional SO2 and NO2 pollution changes from 2005 to 2015 or pdf, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 4605–4629, (2016)
Environmental Science & Technology
Acid precipitation in historical perspective or pdf, ES&T 16(2), 110A-123A (1982)
Effects of Acidic Deposition and Soil Acidification on Sugar Maple Trees in the Adirondack Mountains, New York or pdf, ES&T 47(22), 12687-12694(2013)
Surface Water Quality Is Improving due to Declining Atmospheric N Deposition or pdf, ES&T 47(22), 12687-12694 (2013)
Declining Acidic Deposition Begins Reversal of Forest-Soil Acidification in the Northeastern U.S. and Eastern Canada or pdf, ES&T 49(22), 13103−13111 (2015)
Coal
Largest Coal Consuming Countries, Global Energy Assessment - Toward a Sustainable Future (2012)
Coal production and consumption in United States, U.S. Energy Information Administration
Coal production and consumption in Canada, U.S. Energy Information Administration
U.S. coal consumption in 2018 expected to be the lowest in 39 years, U.S. Energy Information Administration (Dec 2018)
COAL DATA BROWSER, U.S. Energy Information Administration (2021)
Sulfur content by state
Production by state
Monthly Energy Review, U.S. Energy Information Administration (2023)
Coal production and consumption in United States 1949-2022 (2023)

 China/Korea/Japan

生态环境部通报 Ministry of Ecology and Environment (China)
Reports on the State of the Environment
Atmospheric Environment 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010 (pdf copies)
Acid Rain (1997)
China Water Risk
UAVs To Monitor Ship Emissions (2019)
Balancing Economy With Environment In China (2019)
Can China Clean Up Its Act? (2017)
Rise of ZLD In China’s Power Sector (2017)
Sustainable China: 8 Behavioural Guidelines (2015)
China Daily
Acid rain causes annual economic loss of 110 billion yuan in China (2003)
Thermal power worsens acid rain pollution (2004)
Watchdog plans control of acid rain (2004)
One third of nation hit by acid rain (2006)
Acid rain affects large swathes of China (2006)
Acid rain threatening food chain (2006)
COVER STORY: A hard rain is falling as acid erodes beauty (2011) pdf copy
Senior official calls for cap on coal consumption (2011)
Emission rules get tougher (2011)
Despite goal, country releases more pollutants (2011)
Learn from EU energy road map (2012)
Acid rain hangs cloud over Guangdong province (2012)
Lingering pollution prompts curbs on auto emissions (2013)
Black diamonds (2013)
Past measures saved today's climate (2013)
Prospects for China's Air Pollution Control: Problems and Policy Options (2013)
Capital to wipe out coal use by 2020 (2016)
Liaoning province sees least acid rain in 2017 (2018)
Restored natural beauty replaces big industry as area's name card (2018)
How Beijing turns its sky blue (2019)
Decarbonization of Asia will bring co-benefits to clean air (2022)
China's air quality continues to improve in 2021 (2022)
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Implementing SO2 Emissions in China pdf (2003)
World Bank
Cost of Pollution in China: Economic Estimates of Physical Damages pdf (2007 copy)
China Development Gateway
Acid Rain in China (2004 copy)
COSMOS
Acid Rain in China threatening the food chain (2006 copy)
US News & World Report
China Reports Drop In Acid Rain Pollutant (2009)
NDTV
Acid rains make life hard in 258 Chinese cities (2011)
Greenpeace
China halts more than 150 coal-fired power plants (2017)
Ranking the World’s Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) Hotspots: 2019-2020 (2020)
Earth The Science Behind the Headlines
Acid rain triggered deadly Chinese landslide (2018)
NASA Earth Observatory
Sulfur Dioxide Emissions Fall in China, Rise in India (2017)
Acid Deposition Monitoring Network in East Asia (EANET)
Policies and Practices Concerning Acid Deposition
China (pdf)
Korea (pdf)
Japan (pdf)
Clean Air for a Sustainable Future pdf (2019 copy) or pdf (2009 copy)
State of Acid Deposition in East Asia National Assessments pdf (2016 copy) or pdf (2011 copy)
Countries' effort and achievements in combating acid deposition pdf (2010 copy)
Acid Deposition and the Environment pdf (2007 copy)
Japanese Ministry of the Environment
Countermeasures against Acid Deposition (1995)
Acid Rain (1997)
Acid Rain (1998)
State of the Global Environment at a Glance: Acid Deposition (1998)
State of Japan's Environment at a Glance: Air Pollution (1999)
Long-term Acid Deposition Monitoring, pdf (2002)
Change in Annual Average of Sulfur Dioxide Concentration (2002)
Report on Acid Deposition Survey (2004)
Report of the Long Term National Acid Deposition Monitoring in Japan pdf (2007)
Annual Report on the Environment in Japan (2022)
Japan Meteorological Agency
Interannual variability of precipitation acidity in Japan (2021)
Ministry of Environment Republic of Korea
Air Quality (2018) or pdf (2015 copy)
Environmental Statistics Yearbook: SO2, NO2, and pH in Korean Cities pdf (2011 copy)
Geostationary Environmental Monitoring Spectrometer (GEMS)
Spaced-based real-time monitoring. See SO2 and Total NO2.
Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association
Long-term trends in airborne SO2 in an air quality monitoring station in Seoul, Korea, from 1987 to 2013 (2017)
Institute for Security & Development Policy
South Korea’s Air Pollution: Gasping for Solutions (2017)
Corrosion Science and Technology
Corrosivity of Atmospheres on the Korean Peninsula CS&T 10(4) 109-117 (2011 copy) Maps of pH, SO2 and NO2
Water, Air, and Soil Pollution
Changes in pH, CEC and Exchangeable Acidity of Some Forest Soils in Southern China During the Last 32–35 Years WA&SP 108(3), 377-390 (1998)
World Resources Institute
Acid rain: Downpour in Asia (1998 copy)
BBC
China Hit by Acid Rain (2006)
NHK
Tonga, nearby nations brace for possible acid rain (2021 copy)
Radio New Zealand
Acid rain and eruption prompts warning in Tonga (2021)
Environmental Science & Technology
Acid Rain in China or pdf, ES&T 40(2), 418-425 (2006)
Soil Acidification in China: Is Controlling SO2 Emissions Enough? or pdf, ES&T 43(21) 8021-8026 (2009)
Response of Surface Water Acidification in Upper Yangtze River to SO2 Emissions Abatement in China or pdf, ES&T 45(8) 3275-3281 (2011)
Deposition and Leaching of Sulfur, Nitrogen and Calcium in Four Forested Catchments in China: Implications for Acidification or pdf, ES&T 45(4) 1192-1198 (2011)
Nitrogen Oxides Emissions from Thermal Power Plants in China: Current Status and Future Predictions or pdf, ES&T 47(19) 111350-11357 (2013)
Monitoring Effect of SO2 Emission Abatement on Recovery of Acidified Soil and Streamwater in Southwest China or pdf, ES&T 51(17), 9498-9506 (2017)
Research Air Pollution
Progress of Air Pollution Control in China Engineering, 6, 1423-1431, (2020)
China trends in national average precipitation pH and total SO2 emissions between 1995 and 2017 figure
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Sulfur dioxide and primary carbonaceous aerosol emissions in China and India, 1996–2010 or pdf, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 9839-9864, (2019)
Fig. 2. SO2 emissions by sector and fuel type in China and India during 1996–2010 pdf (2011 copy)
Aura OMI observations of regional SO2 and NO2 pollution changes from 2005 to 2015 or pdf, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 4605–4629, (2016)
Air quality and acid deposition impacts of local emissions and transboundary air pollution in Japan and South Korea or pdf, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 13309-13323, (2019)
Acidic Precipitation
Acidic Precipitation in Japan (1990) abstract
The Verge
Maps show drastic drop in China’s air pollution after coronavirus quarantine (2020) or pdf copy
Rapid Transition Alliance
SO₂ Long, Sulphur: How China rapidly cut sulphur dioxide emissions (2022)
Coal
Largest Coal Consuming Countries, Global Energy Assessment - Toward a Sustainable Future (2012)
China consumes nearly as much coal as the rest of the world combined, US Energy Information Discussions (2013)
Coal production and consumption in China, U.S. Energy Information Administration
Coal production and consumption in Japan, U.S. Energy Information Administration
Coal production and consumption in Korea, U.S. Energy Information Administration

 India

Current Science (jstor)
Review of Acid Rain Potential in India (1998)
India Environment Portal
Industrialisation bringing acid rain to India (2007 pdf copy)
Ministry of Environment and Forest
Acid Rain Status in India – an update (2008 pdf copy)
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Sulfur dioxide and primary carbonaceous aerosol emissions in China and India, 1996–2010 or pdf, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 9839-9864, (2019)
Fig. 2. SO2 emissions by sector and fuel type in China and India during 1996–2010 pdf (2011 copy)
Down to Earth
Acid rain arriving soon in India; when it rains it burns (1999)
Times of India
Pollution turning country's rainfall acidic, says study (2017) pdf copy
What is Acid Rain? (Hindi)
youtube (2020)
NASA Earth Observatory
Sulfur Dioxide Emissions Fall in China, Rise in India (2017)
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Aura OMI observations of regional SO2 and NO2 pollution changes from 2005 to 2015 or pdf, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 4605–4629, (2016)
Scientific Reports
India Is Overtaking China as the World’s Largest Emitter of Anthropogenic Sulfur Dioxide or pdf (2017)
Sky News
Why India is the worst polluter of sulphur dioxide (2021)
Sulphur dioxide emissions 2005 - 2017 animation
Coal
Largest Coal Consuming Countries, Global Energy Assessment - Toward a Sustainable Future (2012)
Coal production and consumption in India, U.S. Energy Information Administration
Greenpeace
India largest SO2 emitter in the World (2019)
Ranking the World’s Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) Hotspots: 2019-2020 (2020)
The Hindu
Despite drop in emissions, India still world’s highest sulphur dioxide producer or pdf (2020)
A Review of Air Quality Modeling Studies in India
Current Pollution Reports, 4, 59–73 (2018)
Air pollutants tinkering with Guwahati’s rainwater
Mongabay (2019) and Atmospheric Research, 232, 104683 (Feb 2020)

 Other

Acidification in a Global Perspective, Ambio, 18(3), 155-160 (1989)
The Global Distribution of Acidifying Wet Deposition, Environ. Sci. Technol., 36(20), 4382–4388 (2002)

Brazil

Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Identification of sensitivity of soils to acidic deposition or pdf (2004)
Acid Precipitation
Acid Precipitation Research in Brazil: A Short Review pdf copy (1991)

South Africa

Environment South Africa
Acid Rain
The Guardian
How acid rivers are corroding South Africa's landscape (2015)
Atmospheric Environment
The chemical composition and fluxes of atmospheric wet deposition at four sites in South Africa, Atmos. Environ. (2016) 146 113-131.
Greenpeace
New satellite data reveals the world’s largest air pollution hotspot is Mpumalanga – South Africa (2018)
Farming Portal
What Acid Rain Is and Ways to Restore the Damage It Causes (2020)
Water SA
Chemical composition of rain at a regional site on the South African Highveld (2021)

Heritage Sites

Marble and Bronze
Acid rain attack on outdoor sculpture in perspective, Atm. Env. 146, 332-345 (2016)
CyArk
Top 5 Acid Rain Endangered Heritage Sites (2009 pdf copy)

Cartoons

Acid Rain Exercise (1999 copy)

3. Soil maps

4. Acid Rain and its Environmental Effects

Acid rain went from being a pollution disaster to an environmental success story. How did scientists manage to prove that acid rain existed, and find a way to stop it? BBC Future (2019) or pdf copy

Acid rain and air pollution: 50 years of progress in environmental science and policy, Ambio 49, 849–864 (2020) or pdf

A Simple Method to Obtain Protective Film against Acid Rain, Inorganics 10(4), 44 (2022) has a good introduction to acid rain effects on materials.

Papers from the Ninth International Conference on Acid Deposition (2015)
Atmospheric Environment, Volume 146, Pages 1-346 (December 2016)
Tenth International Conference on Acid Deposition (2023)


Links verified 2/8/2023 but goverments and agencies do frequently change their page addresses.