Scientists in Iran have discovered a fungus named Stachybotrys, which can remove sulfur and nitrogen from heavy crude oil, which are the main causes of acid rain. This fungus grows naturally in crude oil and in buildings, where damage due to...

Recently, a coal power plant in Kentucky was imposed the highest fine ever due to the acid rain. East Kentucky Power corporative: a coal fired electric utility decided to pay $11.4 million penalty for all it’s environment violations. The...

Companies in the United States have developed a new method to gasify coal, which would reduce their cost of managing its greenhouse gas emissions. In order to reduce imports of natural gas or oil, US companies are vying with each other to...

We have always breath a sigh of relief with the news of the drop of acid rainfall, as scientists have warned of their negative effects. But, according to a new study by U.S. researchers, a respite of such rain is no more a good news for...

An ecological study of Appalachian stream chemistry suggests that the drop in acid rain might be giving a respite to the hardwood forests though it is changing biological activity in the ecosystem and increasing dissolved carbon dioxide...

Scan through on what the nature is doing with us!! Is it just the start of the retaliations of what assaults we made on the environment we live in? Strong quake struck off east Taiwan coast A strong earthquake struck off the east coast of Taiwan...

Acid rain has been scourging Europe’s forests and lakes for long. And, eventually it is emerging as a major threat to diversity across the tropics! With countries like India, Brazil and China industrializing rapidly, car emissions along with...

Acid rain in North America was first discovered more than 40 years ago by ecologist Gene Likens. Acid rain is an environmental problem that has yet to be solved, according to Likens. He discovered acid rain while studying the Hubbard Brook...

With all hopes and excitement on the part of the astronauts, Venus Express is due to lift off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on November 9th. The Venus Express mission to our planet’s “evil twin” should reveal a planet of extremes,...