Acid Rain in the Adirondacks: An Environmental History

by Jerry C. Jenkins, Charles Driscoll, Christopher Buerkett, et al.

Acid rain has changed the face of the Adirondacks, created political tensions between the Northeast and the Midwest, and served as both a harbinger of global climate change and a "fire drill" for public- and private-sector responses to environmental crises. The history of acid rain research is a striking case in which a large-scale and long-term environmental problem was addressed in part through scientifically motivated changes in public policy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801474248
• ISBN13: 9780801474248
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Comstock Publishing
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 10.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher