EXPLORATION 1C.

WORKING WITH INFORMATION:

LITERATURE SEARCH AND DISCUSSION (45 min)

 

On the WEB site about acid rain find the list of scientific references, cited papers, or new publications related to the current situation in the field of acid rain?

Print the list

 

As a preassignment before this session you were asked to read three articles about acid rain printed previously from WEB sites. Now working in a group try answer the following questions about the styles of the read papers:

"Headlines: The Dying of the Trees" by Peter Montague

Describe how acid rain contributes to "dying of the trees"?

"Saving the Pyramids: Acid Rain Accelerates the Destruction of the Maya Ruins in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and Central America" by John Noble Wilford

 

Explain the term "chemical weathering"? How it is related to acid rain?

How do you understand the comment of Dr. Seymour Lewin that the acid rain damage to structures is "becoming a worldwide phenomenon?