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

Book · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 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
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Review by Ivan J. Fernandez, Univ. of Maine at Orono
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

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