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Record 1 1985-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Pollution
  • Water Pollution
CONT

Workers in Sweden, Norway, and the United States reported that when snow melts, the first portion of the melt water is much more acidic than the last. This often causes a sudden drop in the pH of drainage streams and in lakes during early spring.

OBS

A pH drop is a sudden pH depression.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'air
  • Pollution de l'eau
CONT

Bien qu'on n'y ait pas décelé des chutes évidentes du pH en 1981, les 4 rivières présentent non seulement des indices de vulnérabilité aux précipitations acides locales mais aussi des symptômes d'acidification graduelle.

OBS

Une chute de pH est une baisse soudaine de pH.

Spanish

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