Acid Rain
- ISBN-10
- 0852197845
- ISBN-13
- 9780852197844
- Series
- Acid Rain
- Category
- Acid rain
- Pages
- 48
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1988
- Publisher
- David & Charles
- Author
- Philip Neal
Description
Explains some of the causes of acidic air pollution resulting from natural or manufactured sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides.
Get the book
Other editions
-
- 2009-02
- 33 pages
- Ebook
- DIANE Publishing
Similar books
-
Acid Rain
By Louise PetheramExplains what acid rain is, its causes, and its effects to humans, forests, water life, and agriculture.
-
Acid Rain: Overview and Abstracts
By Carter N. LaneThis new book combines an excellent background article with over 900 abstracts and book citations. Easy access is provided by title, author, and subject indexes.
-
Effects of Acid Rain on Forest Processes
By Douglas L. Godbold, Aloys H¿ttermannA detailed analysis of acidification effects on forest soil, rhizosphere and plant life and on the processes connecting them such as nutrient uptake and mineral cycling.
-
The Acid Rain Controversy
By James L. Regens, Robert W. RycroftOnly three years later, however, a Harris poll found that a rapid expansion of awareness comparable to Canadian familiarity with the issue had occurred in the United States. Sixty-three percent of those questioned were aware of acid ...
-
Acid Rain: Its Causes and Its Effects on Inland Waters
By Basil John Mason, President of Umist Senior Adviser Global Environment Research Centre B J MasonThe causes and consequences of acid rain are subjects of widespread concern and controversy. However the effects of acid deposition on the chemistry of lakes and streams, and on the...
-
Acid Rain: Report number 14
By Watt Committee on Energy PublicationsThe Clean Air Act 1956 with its limitations on the burning of raw coal in urban areashas virtually eliminated OCysmogOCO in British cities but has not directly reduced the SOx emissions.It is only during the last decade or so that Acid Rain ...
-
Acid Rain - Deposition to Recovery
By Martin Novák, Peter Brimblecombe, Hiroshi HaraThis book looks at the sources and composition of the atmosphere and rainfall, with particular attention on acidifying components and those that affect ecosystems. It further widens the subject to look at trace metals.
-
Energy and Environmental Chemistry: Acid rain
By Lawrence H. KeithFlorence, T. M., and Y. J. Farrar. Anal. Chim. Acta 54:373 (1971). 15. Strickland, J. D. H., and E. Parsons. "A Practical Handbook of Sea- water Analysis," Fisheries Research Board of Canada (1960). 16. Miller, M. S., S. K. Friedlander ...
-
Long-Term Experiments with Acid Rain in Norwegian Forest Ecosystems
By Gunnar Abrahamsen, Arne O. Stuanes, Bjorn TveiteThis book presents the results of long-term studies on acid rain in Norwegian forests.
-
The Acid Rain Debate: Scientific, Economic, And Political Dimensions
By Ernest J Yanarella, Randal H. Ihara225 ( Dr. Cowling ) , 235 ( Dr. Evans ) , 237 ( Dr. Arthur Johnson ) , and 238 ( Dr. Dale Johnson ) . 53 . Even the scientists who felt contemporaneous legislation could be justified could not agree on what form it should take .