The nitrogen and phosphorus supply in a lowland rain forest with a nutrient-rich soil was investigated by means of the leaf N/P quotient. It was hypothesised a high N and P supply to the forest ecosystem with a N and P rich soil. Total N and extractable P were determined in the surface (10 cm) soil of three plots of the forest. Total N was analysed by the Kjeldahl method, and P was extracted wi...

Book Review of Rachel Emma Rothschild, Poisonous Skies: Acid Rain and the Globalization Pollution (Chicago: University Chicago Press, 2019)

M efforts have been made to reduce sulfur emissions in Europe. Acid rain pollution in Norway has diminished substantially, thanks to the 1979 Geneva Convention on Longrange Transboundary Air Pollution, which was implemented starting in 1983. Parallel with the reduction in acid rain, atmospheric concentrations and deposition of mercury (Hg) have also been reduced. Here, we show that reduced acid...

Environmental effects are not considered sufficiently in product design. Reliability problems caused by environmental effects are very prominent. This paper proposes a method to apply ontology approach in product design. During product reliability design and analysis, environmental effects knowledge reusing is achieved. First, the relationship of environmental effects and product reliability is...

Title of dissertation: AN EX POST EVALUATION OF THE U.S. ACID RAIN PROGRAM Hei Sing Chan, Doctor of Philosophy, 2014 Dissertation directed by: Professor Maureen Cropper Department of Economics Emissions trading programs have been recommended by economists and implemented by policy makers because they are expected to keep compliance costs low; but, studies on actual savings are limited. This pap...

Heavy metals that leach from contaminated soils under acid rain are of increasing concern. In this study, simulated acid rain (SAR) was pumped through columns of artificially contaminated purple soil. Column leaching tests and sequential extraction were conducted for the heavy metals Cu, Pb, Cd, and Zn to determine the extent of their leaching as well as to examine the transformation of their s...

Acid rain is a problem that despite efforts to reduce atmospheric pollution, continues impact not only countries where there high production of pollutants, but also transboundary areas which the pollutants are transported. In addition its effects on human health, infrastructure and consequences this entails. This study effect acid calcareous materials highlights need for protection buildings co...