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Category : Acid rain
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Learning about Acid Rain
Author: Learning about Acid Rain
Author: United States Environmental Protection AgencyPublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781489546401
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
This book is intended for teachers of students in 6th-8th grade. It is written at a 6th grade level and the language, concepts, and experiments may need to be adapted for other grades accordingly. After reading the guide and doing some of the experiments and activities, we hope that you and your students will have a better understanding of acid rain and the problems it causes, as well as a greater interest in its resolution and in applied environmental science.This book is intended for teachers of students in 6th-8th grade. It is written at a 6th grade level and the language, concepts, and experiments may need to be adapted for other grades accordingly. After reading the guide and doing some of the experiments and activities, we hope that you and your students will have a better understanding of acid rain and the problems it causes, as well as a greater interest in its resolution and in applied environmental science.
Learning about Acid Rain
Author: U. S. Environmental AgencyPublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781505973242
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Acid rain is a complex environmental problem which affects the United States and many other countries around the world. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was established in 1970 to address environmental issues, such as acid rain. Through its programs, EPA works to protect human health and the environment in the United States by developing and enforcing regulations and studying environmental conditions. In addition, EPA is committed to informing the public about environmental topics and its efforts to solve them through written materials and its Web site. EPA frequently receives requests for information about environmental problems from school systems, teachers, and individuals. Acid rain is one of the most frequently requested topics. As part of EPA's public outreach on acid rain, EPA first developed this guide in 1990. This revised guide is designed to help students better understand the science, cause and effect, and regulatory and citizen action that are part of understanding and addressing acid rain. This book is intended for teachers of students in 6th-8th grade. It is written at a 6th grade level and the language, concepts, and experiments may need to be adapted for other grades accordingly. After reading the guide and doing some of the experiments and activities, we hope that you and your students will have a better understanding of acid rain and the problems it causes, as well as a greater interest in its resolution and in applied environmental science.
Effects of Acid Rain on Forest Processes
Author: Douglas L. GodboldPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 9780471517689
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
A 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. Presents findings from the Solling project, an important long-term study on acid rain results in Germany's Black Forest, as well as other European forests which have experienced severe acid rain damage as a means of evaluating and predicting similar harm to U.S. forests.
The Acid Rain Debate
Author: Ernest J YanarellaPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000242595
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
This collection of essays by noted academicians, lawyers, energy agency administrators, and research analysts focuses on the political and legal aspects of the acid rain debate, the policy options for resolving the controversy, and the international dimensions of acid rain control. The contributors highlight concerns drawn primarily from the developing study of acid rain in political science, economics, public administration, and policy analysis--concerns that are the focal point of the public debate over the nature, impact, and cost of acid rain and the mitigation of its effects. The book complements the impressive body of research from the natural sciences and responds to the need for applied study to help resolve the current policy stalemate on this critical environmental issue. The Acid Rain Debate features a comprehensive annotated bibliography on acid rain and relevant social science research.
Acid Rain
Author: Basil John MasonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
The 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 survival of fish and other aquatic life, have been greatly clarified by the results of a recent Anglo-Scandinavian surface waters research program. This book presents a concise, nonspecialist account of the results and their implications by the director of the program. Based on studies conducted throughout the United Kingdom and northern Europe, the book includes chapters on emissions, transport, and deposition of acid pollution; hydrochemical studies in catchments; catchment process studies; catchment manipulation experiments; the role of hydrology and soil chemistry; palaeolimnological studies; the toxic effects of acidification on fish and other aquatic life; and catchment modelling studies. The highly interdisciplinary nature of the research should appeal to a wide range of scientists and to policy-makers interested in acid rain and its consequences. It is also aimed at postgraduates and third-year undergraduate students in the environmental sciences.
Acid Rain
Author: Jack L. DurhamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Acid rain
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Air Pollution, Acid Rain and the Environment
Author: Kenneth MellanbyPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400927355
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
The Watt Committee on Energy became active in of the effects on buildings, for instance. Proposals the study of Acid Rain during 1982. Perhaps the for action should therefore concentrate on measures only aspect of the subject that has become more that promise a real improvement as a result of certain during the subsequent five years is that the expenditure. expression 'Acid Rain' is used loosely in public The Watt Committee's study of this subject has been in two phases. The first dealt with the nature debate for a complex of industrial and environ mental phenomena. Among these, Acid Rain in the of the problem, and culminated in the publication straightforward meaning of the words-rain and of Watt Committee Report No. 14 in 1984. That perhaps snow having a significantly high level of Report was divided into four sections, each of acidity-is of only limited importance. To represent which was prepared by a sub-group of the working this perspective, therefore, the Watt Committee Ex group: they dealt respectively with the fate of air borne pollution, vegetation and soils, fresh water ecutive decided that the study leading to the present Report should be entitled 'Air Pollution, Acid Rain and remedial strategy. In the second phase, these and the Environment'. sub-groups have brought their sections up-to-date The Watt Committee's interest in Acid Rain and a fifth sub-group was appointed to study arises from the fact that, among its causes, the buildings and non-living materials.
EPA 430-F.
Author: Acid Rain
Author: Carter N. LanePublisher: Nova Publishers
ISBN: 9781590334614
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
'Acid rain' is a broad term used to describe several ways that acids fall out of the atmosphere. A more precise term is acid deposition, which has two parts: wet and dry. Wet deposition refers to acidic rain, fog, and snow. As this acidic water flows over and through the ground, it affects a variety of plants and animals. The strength of the effects depends on many factors, including how acidic the water is, the chemistry and buffering capacity of the soils involved, and the types of fish, trees, and other living things that rely on the water. Dry deposition refers to acidic gases and particles. About half of the acidity in the atmosphere falls back to earth through dry deposition. The wind blows these acidic particles and gases onto buildings, cars, homes, and trees. Dry deposited gases and particles can also be washed from trees and other surfaces by rainstorms. When that happens, the runoff water adds those acids to the acid rain, making the combination more acidic than the falling rain alone. Prevailing winds blow the compounds that cause both wet and dry acid deposition across state and national borders, and sometimes over hundreds of miles. This new book combines an excellent background article with over 900 abstracts and book citations. Easy access is provided by title, author, and subject indexes.
