Acid rain

Journal Article · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980 · Ecolibrium; (United States)

OSTI ID:6601505

Bess, F D

The acid rain problem in the northeastern U.S. has been growing in severity and geographical areas affected. Acid rain has damaged, or will result in damage to visibility, physical structures and materials, aquatic life, timber, crops, and soils. The principal causes of acid rain in the northeastern U.S. are sulfur oxide and nitrogen oxide emissions from large power plants and smelters in the Ohio River Valley. Immediate corrective action and appropriate research are needed to reduce acid precipitation. Short-term programs that will define the rate of environmental deterioration, remaining environmental capacity to resist sudden deterioration, mechanisms of acid rain formation, and costs of various control options must be developed. (3 maps, 13 references, 1 table)

• Research Organization: Union Carbide Corp, W Va
• OSTI ID: 6601505
• Journal Information: Ecolibrium; (United States), Vol. 9:4
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACID RAIN
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS
NITROGEN OXIDES
SMELTING
SULFUR OXIDES
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
CHALCOGENIDES
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION CONTROL
POWER PLANTS
RAIN
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
560300* - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology
510200 - Environment
Terrestrial- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)