Acid Rain Acid rain is caused when pollutants such as sulfur dioxide dissolve in water in the atmosphere and return to earth in the form of acidic rain or snow. This rain can have many destructive effects on our environment including the killing of trees and life in lakes.
Geothermal energy produces almost no sulfur dioxide emissions and no nitrogen oxides.
Research by Christopher Gronbeck, hypertext by Christopher Gronbeck, Nat Holder, and Andrew Waegel. Last Update Nov. 12 1994.