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Acid rain still causing problems in Virginia

Started by Guest_drewish_* , Jul 07 2008 01:53 PM

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#1 Guest_drewish_*

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Posted 07 July 2008 - 01:53 PM

http://www.insidenov..._trouble/18078/

#2 Guest_fundulus_*

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Posted 07 July 2008 - 05:03 PM

I'm not surprised that recovery is lagging in the Virginia mountains, given soil chemistry. Processes affecting chelation of various ions as they move through soil and interact can be complicated. And processes involving sulfur are almost easy compared to the influence on and by trivalent aluminum...

#3 Guest_Irate Mormon_*

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Posted 07 July 2008 - 10:51 PM

Acid Rain - now that's something I haven't heard about in a long time, ever since Global Warming became the new scare. In a way it's kind of comforting to know that it's still around and causing trouble. Now we have people predicting that the ice at the North Pole is going to completely melt this year or maybe next. Man, I miss the good old days when smoking was OK and air conditioning was a luxury. I remember the first time I saw Star Trek in color, and I thought, wow, I didn't know they had different color shirts! Back then, EROSION was the scariest thing we ever heard of. We were going to lose all of our topsoil in a few years!

Now in addition to global warming and polar ice we are hearing about sunspots. Sigh. And here's acid rain, back and bad as ever. Oh yeah and we are creating a new extinction event.

ENOUGH!

One thing is very true: The more humans that populate the planet, the more our woes will increase. No amount of conservation will change that. Anybody read "Make Room, Make Room" by Harry Harrison?

#4 Guest_schambers_*

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Posted 08 July 2008 - 09:26 AM

Anybody read "Make Room, Make Room" by Harry Harrison?

Years ago. Don't eat the Soylent Green. It's made from PEOPLE!

#5 Guest_drewish_*

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Posted 08 July 2008 - 09:55 AM

I never realized that they are still dumping lime in the headwaters of some of the rivers. The rivers I've gone to weren't bad and supported a good number brook trout and a lot of inverts. I haven't been since last year's drought but was told they didn't look too great and it may be a couple of years until the brookies recover from that.

#6 Guest_ashtonmj_*

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Posted 08 July 2008 - 09:19 PM

Quite a few streams still have automated lime dosing stations visible. I believe USGS has some information on their website regarding remediation using automated dosers. I'm sure some places are just getting bags dumped in too.