Welcome Professor Boothroyd to..........................

...A ticking time bomb..............An interative project to look at the overall problems on Acid Rain in New England, what is being done, and a world view of this problem thanks to the Internet!!!!!

• HOW DOES ACID RAIN FORM?
• WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF ACID RAIN?
• INVESTIGATIONS INTO ACID RAIN
• MAKING SURE THE DATA ARE ACCURATE
• THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTINUING ACID RAIN RESEARCH

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Conferences

• Konsekvenser av kalking i skog og vatn, 14 - 15. november 1995 "Consequences of liming of forest and water," discussion of liming as a technique to mitigate the effects of acid rain, being held in Høgskolen i Telemark, Norway. Site still live, two years later! This page is in Norse. Conference subjects include: Situation of the acidification and using of lime in Norway; Economics of liming; Strategies of liming; Alternatitives to lime in the forestry; Alternatives to lime in freshwater; Influence of liming on the species and genetic diversity; Effects of lime on terrestric vegetation; Effects of lime on algaes; Osteporisis ("Weak bones") in moose in southern Norway, a acidification / lime problem?; Lime in natural acid rivers.

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Publications: The following is a summation of some of the more important publications about Acid Rain and its affects. Many relate to New England, while others are of a world focus.

• Acid Rain from Man and Nature. Quest Magazine, Volume 14, Number 4, Spring 1980.
• Common threads: Research lessons from acid rain, ozone depletion, and global warming.
• The Dying Of The Trees
  Acid Rain Killing Sugar Maple Trees in U.S. and Candada,
• Tree Physiology: An International Journal, . Tree Physiology is a refereed journal, published monthly and distributed in over 60 countries. It publishes both technical reviews and original research reports on all aspects of tree physiology including: responses of forest, crop and ornamental tree species to acid rain, air pollutants, ultraviolet radiation and global warming; the genetic transformation and micropropagation of trees; tree growth, reproduction, nutrition, photosynthesis, and environmental adaptation; and the relation between tree structure and function.
• Fishnet, Volume 1, Issue 8
• Internet Chemistry Resources
• World-Wide Web Servers
• World-Wide Web Servers -
• The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Russian and East European Studies
• Fishnet, Volume 2, Issue 5
• Biology -
• Department of Chemistry, Imperial College.

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Information Sites: The following sites give general information on Acid Rain and its effects.

• The Adirondack Council is a citizen research, education and advocacy group working to preserve and protect New York's Adirondack Park. The Adirondack Park is a 6-million-acre (the size of Vermont!) patchwork mix of state-owned public lands and privately held lands.
• Chehalis River Council: Information on water - quality and quantity - as a resource, in the 2600 square mile Chehalis Watershed.
• Citizen Acid Rain Survey: The Japan Eco/Institute has been assisting citizens in six countries to survey the impact of acid rain. In Japan alone, the Institute received over 20,000 acid rain survey data forms from 1990 to 1995, and is now helping with similar efforts in Jordan, Pakistan, Hungary, and Russia. For 1996, they are trying to complete a worldwide "Global Sensing Project" and create an acid rain map.
• Saving the Pyramids: Acid Rain Accelerates the Destruction of the Maya Ruins in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and Central America
• Ph Precipitation Map of the United States, provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey (USGS).
• National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program (U.S.)--Tracking and Analysis Framework.
• National Atmospheric Deposition Program (NADP) "is the only nationwide monitoring network for acid rain. The site has isopleth maps of acidity and the other major ions contained in precipitation."
• USGS Acid Rain Quality Assurance Project.
• Acid Deposition in Southeastern Brazil. Research into acid rain in the most highly industrialized section of Brazil.
• State of the Environment Norway-Acid Rain
• Acid Rain in the Northeastern United States. Mann Library, Cornell University.
• Acid Rain FAQ, by Environment Canada. Very informative FAQ in a question-and-answer format, and a well-designed site.
• Acid Rain Program of the US EPA. General information on acid rain and specific information on EPA programs to reduce and prevent it.
• Atmospheric Research & Information Centre at Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester England, provides research, consultancy, and information in atmospheric sciences for the study and resolution of air quality problems.
• The New Brunswick Precipitation Monitoring Program. Includes links to extensive software, databases, and monitoring data for New Brunswick, Canada.
• Canadian Coalition on Acid Rain
• Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's Bureau of Air Quality is pretty huge. You can do a search to find their lengthy reports on acid rain in Pennsylvania.
• The Clean Coal Technology Program. "No country comes close to the United States' Clean Coal Technology Demonstration Program.", and this site tells you why. Despite the hyper-enthusiam, valuable information on public-private initiatives in this area sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
• EnvJourn Home Page:Air Pollution, a small but nice set of links to a range of general air pollution resources, including U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sites.
• Acid Rain & the Dirtiest Power Stations in England and Wales -- part of the Friends of the Earth, England, Wales and Northern Ireland Web site. Includes a nifty map.
• oil Acidification Information on the effects of soil acidification on agricultural practices
• The EPA Acid Rain Program Resources, information and links
• Environment Canada's Acid Rain Page Information and links.
• Acid Rain on the Web A Web for Schools Project
• Acid Rain A short description with figures.
• The Acid Rain Problem A link to course materials by Jay Hatch at the University of Minnesota
• Acid Rain Information for secondary school students
• Acid Rain References: Books and Articles
• Acid Rain Lecture and Learing Materials From the Global Change Course at the University of Iowa by Eugene S. Takle.
• Econet's Resources on Acid Rain References and links to general and specific information.
• Acid Rain Facts A good overview by Environment Canada
• Acidic Deposition from Dr. Kurt Paterson at Michigan Technological University

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Educational Resources

• Acid Rain Laboratory Activities, geared for grades 6,7 & 8. This site is part of the Explorer Databases, being developed jointly by the University of Kansas UNITE group and the Great Lakes Collaborative, to create online resources for young students of mathematics and natural sciences.
• You Can & Acid Rain. More acid rain info and activities for schoolchildren, courtesy of the science television program "Beakman's World." Written and designed for the young websurfer.
• Acid Rain Educational Activities from Newton's Apple, the PBS science show for schoolchildren.

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Acid Rain With Relation to New England

• Acid Rain in the Northeastern United States

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