Primer on acid precipitation. A killing rain: the global threat of acid precipitation

Book · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:5100770

Pawlick, T

This article reviews the book A Killing Rain: The Global Threat of Acid Precipitation by Thomas Pawlick which presents an overview of the problems associated with acid rain. The book covers the effects of acid rain on aquatic ecosystems, forests materials, and agriculture. It also deals with abatement technologies and sociopolitical topics associated with acid rain.

• OSTI ID: 5100770
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

500200* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACID RAIN
ACIDIFICATION
AGRICULTURE
AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT
ALGAE
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
BACTERIA
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTION
DEPOSITION
ECOSYSTEMS
ELEMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
EQUIPMENT
FISHES
FLUIDIZED-BED COMBUSTION
FORESTS
INDUSTRY
INJURIES
LAKES
LEGISLATION
MAMMALS
MAN
MICROORGANISMS
NITROGEN
NONMETALS
OXIDATION
PLANTS
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
PRIMATES
RAIN
SCRUBBERS
SOILS
STREAMS
SULFUR
SURFACE WATERS
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
VERTEBRATES