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Geotimes August 2003 Sara Pratt |
Tertiary acid rain survivors Now geochemists Teruyuki Maruoka, of Washington University in St. Louis, Mo., and Christian Koeberl, of the University of Vienna in Austria, have revisited the longstanding question of how some freshwater species could have survived rain with a pH potentially as low as battery acid.  |
Geotimes November 2007 Carolyn Gramling |
Acid Rain Alters Coastal Waters Excess carbon dioxide, sulfur and nitrogen from fossil fuel burning, agricultural runoff and other human sources are changing ocean chemistry -- and that impact is especially pronounced along the coasts, new research suggests.  |
Geotimes January 2005 Sara Pratt |
Acid Rain Curbs Global Warming In an odd twist that highlights the complex nature of interactions between Earth's systems, researchers have found that acid rain is significantly suppressing the global emission of methane from wetlands.  |
Geotimes April 2006 Kathryn Hansen |
Funding Great Lakes Restoration To help restore health to the Great Lakes, which contain about 95% of North America's fresh surface water, Congress introduced two bills last week, but such restoration comes with a lofty price tag.  |
Geotimes September 2003 Greg Peterson |
A muddy picture for the Great Lakes Lake level is just one of 43 indicators of lake health described in an EPA report that together paint a mixed picture of the lakes -- noting some environmental gains but also persistent problems.  |
Chemistry World November 29, 2012 Simon Hadlington |
Olive oil coating could save York Minster Could olive oil be the answer to protecting ancient buildings from atmospheric pollutants? Researchers have developed a breathable, water-repellent coating based on oleic acid -- the main fatty acid component of olive oil.  |
Chemistry World December 2, 2013 Ian Randall |
Mass extinction the result of acid rain and ozone loss Widespread rain as acidic as lemon juice and the destruction of as much as 65% of the ozone layer may have played a major role in the largest mass extinction in the fossil record.  |
Entrepreneur August 2003 Joshua Kurlantzick |
Northern Exposure American entrepreneurs are finding success by heading for the border.  |