Because rain travels over long distances in clouds, acid rain is a global problem. Other countries are much less fortunate, especially the central European countries. They have the additional problem of very poor environmental control in many of their Eastern European neighbours. However, acid rain does not just affect Europe. Every country with a power station or a significant number of road vehicles helps to generate the gases which cause acid rain.
Acid rain is a global problem, and needs a global solution.
This page was produced by Mark Bennett for the Database for Use in Schools project. All views expressed in this page and all others for this project are the views of the author and not necessarily that of Southampton University.