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Acid Rain in the Adirondacks: An Environmental History

Acid Rain in the Adirondacks: An Environmental History

Roy, Karen
Driscoll, Charles T.
Jenkins, Jerry

Paperback

Environmental Studies

ISBN10: 0801474248
ISBN13: 9780801474248
Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr
Published: Dec 15 2007
Pages: 256
Weight: 1.84
Height: 0.54 Width: 8.52 Depth: 10.94
Language: English

Acid rain has changed the face of the Adirondacks, created political tensions between the Northeast and the Midwest, and served as both a harbinger of global climate change and a fire drill for public- and private-sector responses to environmental crises. The history of acid rain research is a striking case in which a large-scale and long-term environmental problem was addressed in part through scientifically motivated changes in public policy. In the 1970s, acid rain was viewed as a simple problem that was limited in scope and characterized by dead, fishless lakes. Scientists now have broader insights into the processes by which acid rain sets off a cascade of adverse effects in ecosystems as its components move through air, soil, vegetation, and surface waters. Written and designed to appeal to both scientists and lay readers, this book is a landmark example of scientific communication that provides a comprehensive scientific history of the phenomenon, from its discovery to the full understanding of the scope of its effects and the ultimate responses that have mitigated some of the damage to the region's lakes and forests.This book is published in association with the Adirondack Lakes Survey Corporation with the support of the Wildlife Conservation Society, United States Environmental Protection Agency, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, and New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.

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