Acid Deposition - Atmospheric Processes in Eastern North America

How damaging is acid rain? Current opinions differ widely, in part because for every proposed link between acid rain and adverse environmental effects an alternative explanation based on other phenomena can be or has been proposed, and in many cases cannot be readily dismissed. The specific areas addressed in this volume include the emissions of sulfur and nitrogen oxides, precipitation chemistry, atmospheric sulfates and visibility, surface water chemistry, sediment chemistry and abundance of diatom taxa, fish populations, and forest productivity. The book then draws conclusions about the acid deposition-phenomenon relationship, identifying phenomena which are directly acid deposition-caused and suggesting others apparently caused by human activities unrelated to acid deposition.

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Committee on Atmospheric Transport and Chemical Transformation in Acid Precipitation, Environmental Studies Board, National Research Council

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• Authors: Mathematics Commission on Physical Sciences, Commission On Physical Sciences Mathemat, Commission on Physical Sciences Mathematics and Applications, Committee on Atmospheric Transport and C, Committee on Atmospheric Transport and Chemical Transformation in Acid Precipitation, Division on Engineering and Physical Sci, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies Board, National Academy Of Sciences, National Research Council
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.1983
• EAN: 9780309074636
• ISBN: 978-0-309-07463-6
• No. of pages: 391
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology