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A coal-burning power station releases a gas that dissolves in rain water, making it more acidic and damaging trees and lakes far downwind. Which gas is responsible?
Burning coal releases sulfur dioxide, which dissolves in rain water to form an acid, producing acid rain that damages trees and lakes far downwind. Carbon dioxide and methane are greenhouse gases rather than the main cause of acid rain, and carbon monoxide is a toxic gas that binds to haemoglobin; the gas responsible for acid rain here is sulfur dioxide.
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