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"awareness" of the world's citizens and encourage governments to
devote more attention and resources to address this issue. The
series editors thank the international panel of contributors for
bringing this timely series into completion. We also wish to
acknowledge the very insightful input of the following colleagues:
Prof. A.L. Page of the University of California, Prof. T.C.
Hutchinson of the University of Toronto, and Dr. Steve Lindberg of
the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. We also wish to thank the superb
effort and cooperation of the volume editors in handling their
respective volumes. The constructive criticisms of chapter review
ers also deserve much appreciation. Finally, we wish to convey our
appreciation to my secretary, Ms. Brenda Rosier, and my technician,
Ms. Claire Carlson, for their very able assistance in various
aspects of this series. Aiken, South Carolina Domy C. Adriano
Coordinating Editor Preface to Acidic Precipitation, Volume 1
(Advances in Environmental Science) As a result of pioneering
research in the 1960s and because of the perceived and acidic real
environmental effects described during the ensuing years, the terms
rain, acidic deposition, or acidic precipitation have become
commonplace in the scientific and popular literature. In the last
decade, governments throughout the world have responded to public
pressure and to the concerns of the scientific community by
establishing research programs on national and international
scales."
This volume contains papers presented at a NATO Advanced Research
Institute, sponsored by their Eco-Sciences Panel, on "The effects
of acid precipitation on vegetation and soils," held at Toronto,
Canada from May 22-26, 1978. The organizing expenses and greater
part of the expenses of the speakers and chair en were provided by
N.A.T.O. The scientific programme was planned by T. C. Hutchinson
together with an international planning committee of G. Abrahamsen
(Norway), G. Likens (U.S.A.), F.E. Last (U.K.), C.O. Tamm (Sweden)
and B. Ulrich (W. Germany). Many of the dimensions of the 'acid
rain' problem are common to countries of northern Europe and North
America. The developing awareness over the past ten years of the
international nature of the acid rain phenomenon has lead to
studies documenting damaging effects on susceptible freshwater
bodies. Large areas of the Canadian Pre-Cambrian Shield, with its
extension into the United States, and the granitic areas of
southern Norwayand Sweden contain lakes which are in the process of
acidification. The biological resources of these affected areas are
of considerable national concern. However, while clearly damaging
effects of acidification on freshwater systems have been well
documented, the impact of acid precipitation on terrestrial systems
has not been so well understood.
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