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Discover what causes acid rain, and how scientists were able to largely eliminate this major environmental threat.
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In 1963, scientists studying Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest made a shocking discovery. Their most recent rainfall samples were nearly 100 times more acidic than usual; which could destroy the area’s ecosystems in a matter of decades. What was causing this deadly rainfall? And what could be done to stop it? Joseph Goffman details how scientists transformed this major threat into a minor issue.
Lesson by Joseph Goffman, directed by Nick Hilditch.
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aMErikans are dumbed down
Acid rain, Ozone Layer, and Quicksand were all things I learned about as a child in the 80's and thought were all really dangerous.
Not good for this
The bigger question is what caused all the scientists to turn green
When to wield the systematic approach of clean environment vestigially and pronaminous
Another blah, blah, blah nonsense being told to the mainstream.
Acid rain Is Js rain that makes u high
3:27….Cap and Trade ,learnt a new word Today….💙it
5:11 Carbon Tax
They need to use less fossil fuels for a clean life
Please speak in hindi.
Hgg
Imagine thinking you actually "solved" "acid rain."
Man I remember first hearing about acid Rain as a kid and thinking it would melt people 💀
I just thought. Wholr preparing my spring gardrn , "what ever happened to Acid rain?."
So Youtubrd it and this video an commrnts shows im not the only person that wondered
"Companies cast doubt on the research…", gee, ain't that a surprise.
It's sad that only bad news get any air time or get posted online. No one knows that acid rains and the ozone hole are enviromental problems that humanity actually managed to solve…
That's because the left told us this but it was replaced with global warming and now climate change
it was never a possibility. to create acid rain would require permanently altering the chemical composition of earth's atmoshphere and become part of the water cycle. something that no amount of aerosolized pollution or ash clouds could ever accomplish. what goes up must come down and stay down..
Zombie???
"your acid rain is a acid pain!" – Planetina, Rick & Morty
Another climate scam 🥱
Acid rain went to hole in ozone layer which went to global warming.
ACID FOG?…
I wonder if this will be the same story with climate change
No forests in China are getting destroyed by acid rain
Due to your videos I enhance my my English such a useful channel and I’m going to take IELTS ❤️❤️❤️
It's. A. .star. Rain.
and why are they green
LOL the Chinese government am I right?😂😂😂
Acid rain was a big problem until my brother told one of the guys mixing up the acid to fill the pond with water first, and then dump the tank cars of acid into the water. That way it mixes slowly and doesn’t produce a lot of heat. Filling the pond with acid first. and spraying the water on it produces a LOT of heat and half of the mixture boils away. That’s what was causing the acid rain and wasting a lot of company profits. We are talking about junior high school science class chemistry intro information.
I was taught about acid rain in school and it felt like it would be a much bigger problem in life, like quicksand.
Screw mega corporations.
This shows that the government CAN make progress and regulate pollution, they just choose not to for the sake of money.
Companies didn’t want to spend more to be better but other companies who make more suffered and fought back so they didn’t have to pay more themselves. Sounds like capitalism to me.
We’re just too basic
The amount of things I had to worry about as a child are staggering. I know it's cliche to say, but kids today don't know how easy they have it.
I'll never forget drills in school when the Cold War was still a thing. Crawling under our desks every morning after the pledge of allegiance as if that was going to do anything if a nuke actually hit.
I’m cooked i be drinking rain water 😅😅
Chocolate rain over there saying "y'all forget about me ?"
This is why I'm not worried about climate change. We will find solutions or adapt to a changing world. It will not be the disaster some are predicting. The US band Europe are already on the road to recovery. it's China and India that have the largest impact.
I always wondered why nobody talks about acid rain these days…🧐
Just now finding out there’s such a thing as acid rain???
Thay stopped a bomb tests in the late 90s is what I think happened
And now Trump is gonna destroy most of the environmental policies in US!
Don't see any acid rain here as such but do see certain pollies getting nice hand outs from lobbyist to not do any pollution reduction. But corruption is only a name we give it if it's a country we don't like it's called lobbyist and political donations when it's you're side