Lake 223 acid rain experiment: Scientists added sulfuric acid to an Ontario lake for 17 years. The water recovered, but the fish didn’t

A 17-year acid rain experiment at Canada’s Lake 223 changed its water chemistry and disrupted its ecosystem. Although the ...

Did you know scientists added sulfuric acid to this Canadian lake every week for 17 years? Here’s what happened

Scientists added sulfuric acid to Canada's Lake 223 every week for 17 years to simulate acid rain. The experiment altered its ...

Scientists added sulfuric acid weekly to an Ontario lake for 17 years, lowering pH from 6.8 to 5.2; decades later its lake trout population remains below half its former …

A lake in northwestern Ontario became the setting for a landmark experiment on the effects of acid rain. For 17 years, ...