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The total estimated damage from greenhouse gas, acid rain, atmospheric pollution, and other man made changes to the environment is of staggering proportions. This clearly points out a need for presentation of the worldwide research results about the environmental effect of the above listed factors and their possible remediation. To that end, this book advances the present state of our knowledge and understanding of the environment and also serves as a basis for thoughtful debate and positive action for the preservation of our biosphere. ... Read more

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Acid rain is a serious international environmental problem. Scandinavian forests have suffered especially severe damage, and have been the focus of considerable research on the causes and impacts of atmospheric pollution. This book presents the results of long-term studies on acid rain in Norwegian forests. This research examined soil chemistry and biology; the impacts of acid rain on tree growth and nutrition; and its influence on ground vegetation, fungi, and seedling germination and development. Long-Term Experiments with Acid Rain in Norwegian Forest Ecosystems is a lasting contribution to the literature on acid precipitation, and will be of interest to researchers in ecology, air pollution, forestry and environmental chemistry. ... Read more

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Discusses the sources, destructive effects, and future control of acid rain. ... Read more

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This second edition has been carefully revised and updated to incorporate the developments which have evolved in the highly contentious debate about acid rain. The author provides a basic account of the acid rain story and covers the social and historical background to the effects of emissions on health and the evironment. The book follows the transfers/transformations of acid-generating pollutants from their source through to terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. It provides a wide-ranging but integrated account of this issue which has been of environmental concern for several dcades and, now that control strategies have been enacted in Europe and North America, the author gives consideration to the time-scale for recovery of an acid-damaged ecosystem and the alternatives available. This account is factual and encourages readers to draw their own conclusions. ... Read more

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The Acid Rain 2000 Conference in Tsukuba, Japan, held10--16 December 2000, was the sixth such conference in theseries, starting with Columbus, Ohio, USA, in 1975, and includingSandefjord, Norway, in 1980, Muskoka, Canada, in 1985, Glasgow, UK, in1990, and Goteborg, Sweden, in 1995. This series of InternationalConferences on the acid rain problem has made a very importantcontribution to the process of summarising the state of currentunderstanding and making this information available. In the 6thConference, approximately 600 papers were presented, including talksand posters. About 300 peer-reviewed papers from the presentationappear in this volume, and will provide readers with a comprehensivereview of the history and scientific aspects of the acid rain problem.The papers appear in three volumes: the first containing the plenaryand keynote papers and the other two the remaining scientific papers.

The Conference was arranged under the joint auspices of The ScienceCouncil of Japan, The Japanese Society of Limnology (representativeacademic society), Japan Association of Aerosol Science andTechnology, The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry, Japan Societyfor Atmospheric Environment, Chemical Society of Japan, The EcologicalSociety of Japan, The Japanese Society of Environmental Education,Society of Environmental Science, Japan, The Japanese ForestrySociety, Japanese Society of Snow and Ice, Japanese Society of SoilScience and Plant Nutrition, and Japan Society on Water Environment,with the cooperation of Ibaraki Prefecture and Japan EnvironmentAgency. ... Read more