'Acid rain’ is a shorthand term that covers a set of highly complex and controversial environmental problems. It is a subject in which emotive and political judgements tend to obscure the underlying scientific issues, which are fairly easily stated but which are poorly understood. This review deals solely with the scientific problems, attempts to establish the facts, describes the present state of knowledge and understanding, and discusses what research is needed to provide a firm basis for remedial action.
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The manuscript was received 1 January 1987. It is based on a Discourse given at the Royal Institution on 8 November1985.
