Noun 2.

acidification - the process of becoming acid or being converted into an acid

Noun1.acid rain - rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions (especially sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) combine with water

Noun1.aerosol - a cloud of solid or liquid particles in a gas

Noun1.afforestation - the conversion of bare or cultivated land into forest (originally for the purpose of hunting) conversion - the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another

Noun1.asbestos - a fibrous amphibole; used for making fireproof articles; inhaling fibers can cause asbestosis or lung cancer Noun1.biodiversity - the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole); "a high level of biodiversity is desirable"

A bioindicator is an organism or biological response that reveals the presence of the pollutants by the accurance of typical symptoms or measurable responses, and is therefore more qualitative. These organisms (or communities of organisms) deliver information on alterations in the environment or the quantity of environmental pollutants by changing in one of the following ways: physiologically, chemically or behaviourally. The information can be deduced through the study of: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. their content of certain elements or compounds their morphological or cellular structure metabolic-biochemical processes behaviour, or population structure(s).