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Acid rain blamed for Field Museum erosion in Chicago
Preservation experts warn acid rain is rapidly dissolving exterior marble at the Field Museum of Natural History. They cite damaged Caryatid statues and columns and urge protective coating trials funded by a $3 million grant, noting sulfur dioxide and rising acid rain worsen decay since the 1950s.
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Chicago
Field Museum of Natural History
Kenneth S. Eisenberg
Preservation Technology Group Ltd
K. Lal Gauri
Department of Geology
University of Louisville
Stone Conservation Laboratory
Athens
Gauri
Eisenberg
Leland Webber
Field Museum
Erhard M. Winkler
University of Notre Dame
Winkler
National Science Foundation