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Sources of acidification in Central Europe estimated from elemental budgets in small basins

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Long-term increase in acidification of water and soils in the Elbe river basin is caused mainly by the deposition of dry SO2and the application of industrial fertilizers. The direct input of hydrogen ions by acid rain is less significant. The budgets of elements and protons indicate natural and anthropogenic processes that acidify and buffer our environment.

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Paces, T. Sources of acidification in Central Europe estimated from elemental budgets in small basins. Nature 315, 31–36 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1038/315031a0

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