Increasing Acidity in Lakes Is an Indicator of Acid Rain
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Ecology and the Environment Series
- Categories: Science, Environmental Issues
- Subcategories: Ecology, Environment, Conservation, Pollution, Toxic Waste
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, Scandinavian History, Canadian History
- Geographical Location: Norway, Sweden, Scandinavia
- Date: The early 1960’s
Article abstract: Scientists connected increased acidity in forest lakes with decreased fish populations and renewed attempts to control and monitor air and water pollution to combat the effects of acid rain.
Summary of Event
During the 1950’s and early 1960’s, a network of measuring stations in Scandinavia indicated that the average content of acid and sulfate in rain and snow was increasing. In 1959, a Scandinavian fisheries inspector, A. Dannevig, reported the disappearance of fish in streams and lakes of southern Norway and southwestern Sweden...
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