Acid Rain - Deposition to Recovery edited by Peter Brimblecombe, Hiroshi Hara, Daniel Houle, Martin Novak.

From the contents Monitoring long term trends in sulfate and ammonium in U.S. precipitation -- Variations in the fluoride level in precipitation in a region of human impact -- Exposure programme on atmospheric corrosion effects of acidifying pollutants in tropical and subtropical climates -- A novel environmental quality criterion for acidification in Swedish lakes -an application of studies on the relationship between biota and water chemistry -- Acidification at Plastic Lake, Ontario: has 20 years made a difference?- Modeling acidification recovery on threatened ecosystems: application to the evaluation of the Gotenburg Protocol in France -- Inter-annual variations of ozone and nitrogen dioxide over Europe during 1958-2003 simulated with a regional CTM -- Acid Rain in downtown Sao Paulo City, Brazil -- Ozone deposition to a coniferous and decidous forest in the Czech Republic -- Why critical loads for soils should be based on pollutant effective concentrations, not on deposition fluxes -- The applicability of national critical loads data in assessing designated sites -- Setting site specific critical loads: an approach using Endorsement Theory and Dempster-Shafer.

Acid rain is still with us. Although it is a problem that people have worked diligently to solve, there are still many problem areas throughout the world. In reality the focus of acid rain research has shifted, and this book adds new vision to the topic. It contains papers, selected from Acid Rain 2005, the 7th International Conference on Acid Deposition, that take a broad perspective of the issues, emphasizing a number of themes: - the emission, concentration and deposition of pollutants - nitrogen and trace elements in ecosystems and their effects on forests, water and soil - studies of material damage and recovery - critical loads The book is aimed at scientists and researchers who are working in the area of acid rain and its effects, and on nutrient cycling. This latest research will be of value to those concerned with the mitigation of acid rain effects. Reprinted from Water, Air, & Soil Pollution: Focus, Volume 7, Issues 1-3, 2007.