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60 percent reduction in acidity of Delaware rainSeveral decades ago, precipitation in Delaware was among the most acidic in the country. Pollutants in the air reacted with rainwater to sprinkle sulfuric, nitric and carbonic acids onto the ground below, affecting crops and ecosystems statewide.
"It's one of the largest, longest continual records in the whole country, and the data shows pretty dramatically that the legislation is working."
- Joseph Scudlark, assistant director of the School of Marine Science and Policy in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment |
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