Acid rain international impact

Over the last three decades the debate on air pollution control has assumed both national and international dimensions. With the establishment and quantification of the long-range transport of air pollutants in the mid-1970s, air pollution and acid rain have been seen as an international problem leading to increased research into the impact of air pollutants on the environment. 

Acid in the Environment Lessons Learned and Future Prospects provides an overview of the important science and policy issues pertaining to acid deposition. Acid in the Environment uses an interdisciplinary approach that focuses on important ecological impacts of acid deposition, the transboundary nature of the pollutants that cause acid rain, and domestic and international policies designed to reduce the emission of these pollutants. By emphasizing issues such as the scientific lessons learned from acid dep-... 

Acid deposition is an on-going, long-term environmental problem with a greater environmental impact than previously projected. Since many ecosystems are now more sensitive to the input of additional acids, their recovery from the adverse affects of acid rain will most likely be delayed. In Acid in the Environment, vjq provide the perspectives of various authors with respect to the lessons learned and future prospects associated with the issue of acid deposition. We use an interdisciplinary approach that combines a discussion of important ecological issues associated with acid deposition with an analysis of domestic and international policies to control the emission of pollutants that cause acid rain. In this context. Acid in the Environ-... 

Reynolds, L. 1982. Economic and employment impacts of proposed acid rain legislation. Testimony Before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Comm., Sub-comm. on Arms Control, Oceans, International Operations and Environment. Feb. 10, 1982. Washington, DC. 

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