U.S. Clean Air Act increased Atlanta rainfall
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 - 22:00
in Earth & Climate
The Clean Air Act of 1970 caused a rebound in rainfall for a US city. Scientists analyzed summer rainfall data from nine weather stations in the Atlanta metropolitan area from 1948 to 2009. They discovered that precipitation increased markedly in the late 1970s as pollution decreased following passage of the Clean Air Act of 1970.