Acid Rain
Subtitle: Current Situation and Remedies (Environmental Topics)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: June 1, 1994
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9782881248504
Subjects: Atmospheric pollution; Science/Mathematics; Acid Deposition (Biological Effects); Environmental Studies; Environmental Engineering & Technology; Environmental Science; Science / Environmental Science; Acid rain; Environmental aspects
First sentence: It was long thought that when gases and smokes were released into the atmosphere they became diluted in an irreversible way, and the building of tall chimneys was considered to be a solution to pollution problems because it reduced ground-level concentrations to acceptable magnitudes.