Acid rain

Book · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5944182

This report has four parts: they discuss acid rain in relation to acid soils, agriculture, forests, and aquatic ecosystems. Among findings: modern sources of acid deposition from the atmosphere for all the acid soils in the world, nor even chiefly responsible for those of northern U.S. Agriculture has its problems, but acid precipitation is probably not one of them. More research is needed to determine to what extent acid precipitation is responsible for forest declines and for smaller detrimental effects on forest growth where no damage to the foliage is evident. Many lakes and streams are extremely sensitive to added acids.

• OSTI ID: 5944182
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ACID RAIN
ACIDIFICATION
AGRICULTURE
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
CHEMISTRY
DAMAGE
DEPOSITION
DOCUMENT TYPES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ECOSYSTEMS
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE PATHWAY
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
FORESTS
GROWTH
INDUSTRY
INFORMATION NEEDS
LAKES
LAND POLLUTION
MASS TRANSFER
MONITORING
PLANT GROWTH
POLLUTANTS
POLLUTION
RAIN
REVIEWS
RIVERS
SOIL CHEMISTRY
SOILS
STREAMS
SURFACE WATERS
WATER POLLUTION