Abstract
In the past, there was a general belief among scientists that the buffering ability of the soil would suffice to counteract acid rain. That is now known to be untrue. Throughout much of southern Scandinavia the pH values of soils have fallen by 0.3 to 1 unit, and in some instances by as much as 1.5 in the last few decades (Hanneberg 1993). Soils of southern and central Europe developed from more weathered rocks with higher lime content, that were better able to neutralize acids than were Scandinavian soils. Even so, in recent decades similar trends in acidification have appeared in this region as well.
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Smal, H., Salomons, W. (1995). Acidification and its Long-term Impact on Metal Mobility. In: Salomons, W., Stigliani, W.M. (eds) Biogeodynamics of Pollutants in Soils and Sediments. Environmental Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79418-6_9
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