The challenge of acid rain

Acid rain's effects in soil and water leave no doubt about the need to control its causes. Now advances in technology have yielded environmentally and economically attractive solutions.

Gespeichert in:

Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:	Scientific American 1988-08, Vol.259 (2), p.30-39
1. Verfasser:	Mohnen, V.A
Format:	Magazinearticle
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT 010900 > Coal, Lignite, & Peat-- Environmental Aspects 540220 > Environment, Terrestrial-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-) 540320 > Environment, Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-) ACID RAIN Acid soils ACIDIZATION Agrochemicals products AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE BASSIN VERSANT Biological and medical sciences BOILERS CHALCOGENIDES CHEMISTRY Clouds COAL GASIFICATION COMBINED-CYCLE POWER PLANTS CONTAMINACION DEL AGUA CONTAMINACION DEL SUELO COURS D'EAU CUENCAS HIDROGRAFICAS CURSOS DE AGUA DEPOSITION ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA ETATS-UNIS FLUIDIZED BED BOILERS Forest soils FORESTS Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology GASIFICATION Groundwater LAC LAGOS LAKES LAND POLLUTION LLUVIA ACIDA NITROGEN COMPOUNDS NITROGEN OXIDES NORTH AMERICA Other agrochemicals used in plant protection (herbicides, fungicides, etc.) OXIDES OXYGEN COMPOUNDS Phytopathology. Animal pests. Plant and forest protection PLUIE ACIDE Pollutant emissions POLLUTION POLLUTION ABATEMENT POLLUTION DE L'EAU POLLUTION DU SOL Pollution effects and side effects of agrochemicals on crop plants and forest trees. Other anthropogenic factors Pollution effects. Side effects of agrochemicals POWER PLANTS PRESSURIZING RAIN RIVERS SOIL POLLUTION Soil water SOILS SULFUR COMPOUNDS SULFUR DIOXIDE SULFUR OXIDES Sulfuric acids SURFACE WATERS TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT THERMAL POWER PLANTS THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES 540120 > Environment, Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-) USA WATER POLLUTION WATERSHEDS
Online-Zugang:	Volltext
Tags:	Tag hinzufügen Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!

Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:	Acid rain's effects in soil and water leave no doubt about the need to control its causes. Now advances in technology have yielded environmentally and economically attractive solutions.
ISSN:	0036-8733 1946-7087
DOI:	10.1038/scientificamerican0888-30