Black rain

For other uses, see Black rain (disambiguation).

Black rain is liquid precipitation polluted with dark particulates, especially soot and ashes (including coal ash) resulting from wildfires, coal combustion, or nuclear explosions (a liquid type of nuclear fallout).[1][2][3][4]

See also

• Rain dust
• Red rain

References

1. Energy & Radioactivity, Wikidata Q63214334
2. "Black Rain". Museum of Radiation and Radioactivity. 2024-07-23. Retrieved 2024-09-13.
3. Pereira, Guilherme Martins; da Silva Caumo, Sofia Ellen; Grandis, Adriana; do Nascimento, Emerson Queiroz Mota; Correia, Alexandre Lima; de Melo Jorge Barbosa, Henrique; Marcondes, Marta Angela; Buckeridge, Marcos Silveira; de Castro Vasconcellos, Pérola (2021). "Physical and chemical characterization of the 2019 "black rain" event in the Metropolitan Area of São Paulo, Brazil". Atmospheric Environment. 248: 118229. doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2021.118229. hdl:11603/31016.
4. "Black rain forecast for southern Brazil and northern Uruguay". MercoPress. 2024-09-05. Retrieved 2024-09-13.