Acid rain from fossil fuel pollution may be quietly training soil bacteria to become longer-lived, more transmissible, and more deadly, according to a new study in the journal New Contaminants that ...

In a 150-day microcosm experiment, simulated acid rain increased the persistence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and triggered rapid genetic and phenotypic adaptation. The stress destabilized native ...

Acid rain is an atmospheric deposition phenomenon characterized by precipitation with elevated concentrations of strong acids, primarily sulfuric (H₂SO₄) and nitric (HNO₃) acids, resulting in a pH ...

Each decade seems to have its signature environmental crisis that dominates headlines. Over time those issues seemingly disappear, leaving us to idly wonder from time to time if problems like the ...