1-7: Acid Deposition

Short Summaries of Recent Research

• Warm Waters of the Indian Ocean Lead to Drought in the Sahel Region just South of the Sahara Desert
  
  
• Soot Leads to both Warming and Cooling of Regional Climate
  
  
• Asian Brown Cloud affects weather, climate, and human health at the continental scale.
  
  
• Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  
  
• Effects of Pollution on Cultural Monuments
  
  
• Sensitivity, Critical Load, and Target Load for Acid Deposition on Ecosystems
  
  
• Trace Gas Emissions and Smoke-Induced Seed Germination.
  
  

Websites

• Emission Cuts 'Vital' for Oceans
  
  
• Air Pollution Creates Acid Rain
  
  
• Iowa Air Pollution (PDF File)
  
  
• Dust Storms
  
  
• Impact Study of Asian Brown Cloud
  
  
• Regional And Global Impacts Of Vast Pollution Cloud Detailed In New Scientific Study
  
  
• Acid Rain Program
  
  
• Atmospheric Chemistry and Air Quality Glossary
  
  
• Clean Air Act, including Plain English Guide to the Clean Air Act
  
  
• National Atmospheric Deposition Program
  
  

Additional References

• Venkataraman, C., G. Habib, A. Eiguren-Fernadez, A.H. Miguel, and S.K. Friedlander, 2005: Residential biofuels in South Asia: Carbonaceous aerosol emissions and climate impacts. Science, 307, 1454-1456.
  
  
• Akimoto, H, 2003: Global air quality and pollution. Science, 302, 1716-1719.
  
  
• Alewell, C., B. Manderscheid, H. Meesenburg, and J. Bittersohl, 2000: Is acidification still an ecological threat?. Nature, 408
  
  
• Wilkening, K. E., L. A. Barrie, and M. Engle, 2000: Trans-Pacific air pollution. Science, 290, 65-67.
  
  
• Kerr, R. A., 1998: Acid rain control: Success on the cheap. Science, 282, 1024-1027.
  
  
• Kley, D., 1997: Tropospheric Chemistry and Transport. Science, 276, 1043-1045.
  
  
• Andreae, M.O. and P.J.Crutzen, 1997: Atmospheric Aerosols: Biogeochemical Sources and Role in Atmospheric Chemistry. Science, 276, 1052-1057.
  
  
• Finlayson-Pitts, B.J. and J.N. Pitts Jr., 1997: Tropospheric Air Pollution: Ozone, Airborne Toxics, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, and Particles. Science, 276, 1045-1050.
  
  
• Legge, A. H., and S. V. Krupa, 1994: Acid Deposition: Sulphur and Nitrogen Oxides. (TD 195.54).
  
  
• Roberts, L., 1991: Learning from an acid rain program. Science, 251, 1302-1305.
  
  
• Houghton, J. T., G. J. Jenkins, and J. J. Ephraums, 1990: Climate Change, The IPCC Scientific Assessment. Cambridge University Press. p. 30-33.
  
  
• Record, Rubenick, Kindya, 1982: Acid Rain Information Book. (TD196.A25).