RESEARCHERS SAY ACID RAIN REDUCTIONS IS BROWNING RURAL WATER
November 1st, 2007
BY MONICA DOBIE
RESEARCHERS from the University College London and the US Environmental Protection Agency have found that over the last 20 years, lakes and streams in the UK, southern Scandinavia and eastern North America have been stained brown by dissolved organic matter, indicating a return to a more natural, pre-industrial state following a decline in acid rain levels. Falls in soil acidity and pollutants have led to carbon becoming more soluble allowing it to move into lakes, rivers and oceans.
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RESEARCHERS from the University College London and the US Environmental Protection Agency have found that over the last 20 years, lakes and streams in the UK, southern Scandinavia and eastern North America have been stained brown by dissolved organic matter, indicating a return to a more natural, pre-industrial state following a decline in acid rain levels. Falls in soil acidity and pollutants have led to carbon becoming more soluble allowing it to move into lakes, rivers and oceans.
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