One of the most apparent effects of air pollution is acid rain that occurs when rain, snow, mists, or dust become abnormally acidic as a result of substances emitted into the air. The origin of it is ...

This article originally appeared on The Conversation. Reports are emerging of black rain falling over parts of Iran in the hours after U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on oil depots on the weekend, with some ...

Black, oil-tainted rain reportedly fell over Tehran after airstrikes hit fuel facilities, raising fears of acid rain. Experts ...

Iranian residents have reported headaches, difficulty breathing, and oil-contaminated rain settling on buildings and cars ...

The "black rain" that fell for days in Tehran as a result of air strikes on major Iranian oil storage facilities could have ...

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 ...

Of course, war can be understood in terms of its immediate human cost, but its impact on the environment can be just as significant, and in many ways, even longer lasting. Beyond the direct damage ...

Air strikes on oil facilities in Iran have caused acid rain, otherwise known as "black rain," and the biological effects of that are rather concerning, ...