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Title: Acid rain: how great a menace

Abstract

Dead lakes in the Adirondacks and Scandinavia are among the victims of the worldwide burning of fossil fuels and the release of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and other contaminants. Efforts to relieve pollution caused by industrial and utility burning by building taller smokestacks may have worsened the problem by causing pollutants to circulate with air masses making up global weather systems. This overview of the problem identifies vulnerable areas, traces the history of man's awareness of acidic rain, and describes some of the detective work involved in tracing emissions to sensitive areas. Nature's buffering mechanisms and man's efforts to sweeten lakes and soil are described. The implications for international relations are serious as nation's seek ways to control the movement of pollutants across boundaries and to work together to find a curative approach. 4 figures, (DCK)

Authors:
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
5914366
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Natl. Geogr. Mag.; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 160:5
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; ACID RAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; TRANSFRONTIER POLLUTION; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; AIR POLLUTION; GLOBAL ASPECTS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS; COOPERATION; POLLUTION; RAIN; 290300* - Energy Planning & Policy- Environment, Health, & Safety; 500200 - Environment, Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)

Citation Formats

LaBastille, A. Acid rain: how great a menace. United States: N. p., 1981. Web.
LaBastille, A. Acid rain: how great a menace. United States.
LaBastille, A. 1981. "Acid rain: how great a menace". United States.
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abstractNote = {Dead lakes in the Adirondacks and Scandinavia are among the victims of the worldwide burning of fossil fuels and the release of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and other contaminants. Efforts to relieve pollution caused by industrial and utility burning by building taller smokestacks may have worsened the problem by causing pollutants to circulate with air masses making up global weather systems. This overview of the problem identifies vulnerable areas, traces the history of man's awareness of acidic rain, and describes some of the detective work involved in tracing emissions to sensitive areas. Nature's buffering mechanisms and man's efforts to sweeten lakes and soil are described. The implications for international relations are serious as nation's seek ways to control the movement of pollutants across boundaries and to work together to find a curative approach. 4 figures, (DCK)},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5914366}, journal = {Natl. Geogr. Mag.; (United States)},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1981},
month = {Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1981}
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