Acid rain on acid soil: a new perspective

Journal Article · Fri Aug 05 04:00:00 EDT 1983 · Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1126/science.221.4610.520· OSTI ID:6454282

Krug, E C; Frink, C R

Acid rain is widely believed to be responsible for acidifying soil and water in areas of North America and northern Europe. However, factors commonly considered to make landscapes susceptible to acidification by acid rain are the same factors long known to strongly acidify soils through the natural processes of soil formation. Recovery from extreme and widespread careless land use has also occurred in regions undergoing acidification. There is evidence that acidification by acid rain is superimposed on long-term acidification induced by changes in land use and consequent vegetative succession. Thus, the interactions of acid rain, acid soil, and vegetation need to be carefully examined on a watershed basis in assessing benefits expected from proposed reductions in emissions of oxides of sulfur and nitrogen.

• Research Organization: Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven
• OSTI ID: 6454282
• Journal Information: Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States), Journal Name: Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States) Journal Issue: 4610 Vol. 221:4610; ISSN SCIEA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACID RAIN
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
CHALCOGENIDES
ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION
EMISSION
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
EUROPE
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LAND USE
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
NORTH AMERICA
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PH VALUE
PLANTS
RAIN
SOILS
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR OXIDES
WATER
WATERSHEDS