1.0Gizmodo Australiahttps://gizmodo.com.auMaddie Stonehttps://gizmodo.com.au/author/maddiestone-usa/After Decades Of Acid Rain Damage, America's Northeastern Forests Are Finally Making A Comebackrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="QtVMtWVjnV"><a href="https://gizmodo.com.au/2015/11/after-decades-of-acid-rain-damage-northeastern-forests-making-a-finally-making-a-comeback/">After Decades Of Acid Rain Damage, America’s Northeastern Forests Are Finally Making A Comeback</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://gizmodo.com.au/2015/11/after-decades-of-acid-rain-damage-northeastern-forests-making-a-finally-making-a-comeback/embed/#?secret=QtVMtWVjnV" width="600" height="338" title="“After Decades Of Acid Rain Damage, America’s Northeastern Forests Are Finally Making A Comeback” — Gizmodo Australia" data-secret="QtVMtWVjnV" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/05/1504500825714403621.jpg?quality=751000492Good news on the environment front, folks: the effects of acid rain on forests in the northeastern US and eastern Canada are finally starting to reverse, nearly forty years after the United States began passing environmental legislation to control the problem.