Acid rain is declining after pollution cuts

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Acid rain is declining after pollution cuts

Emissions of nitrogen oxides and sulphur dioxide are the leading contributors to acid rain. Emissions of both peaked around the 1980s in Europe and North America and have also peaked in Asia in recent years.

NITROGEN OXIDEs (NOx) emissions

125m tonnes

100

75

Asia

50

North America

25

Europe

0

1800

1850

1900

1950

2022

Sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions

125m tonnes

Asia

100

75

50

North America

25

Europe

0

1850

1900

2022

1800

1950

Source: Community Emissions Data System (CEDS) via Our World in Data

NITROGEN OXIDEs (NOx) emissions

125m tonnes

100

75

Asia

50

North America

25

Europe

0

1950

1975

2022

1750

1850

1900

Sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions

125m tonnes

Asia

100

75

North America

50

25

Europe

0

1750

1850

1900

1950

1975

2022

Source: Community Emissions Data System (CEDS) via Our World in Data

Sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions

NITROGEN OXIDEs (NOx) emissions

125m tonnes

Asia

100

75

Asia

North America

50

North America

25

Europe

0

1750

1850

1900

1950

1975

2022

1750

1850

1900

1950

1975

2022

Source: Community Emissions Data System (CEDS) via Our World in Data

Published November 26, 2024

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