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Manipulation experiments are being conducted in Norway to examine the effects of drastic changes in precipitation chemistry on soil and surface-water acidification. At a clean area in western Norway, two pristine catchments are being acidified by addition of H2SO4 and H2SO4+HNO3, respectively. At an acidified catchment in southernmost Norway, ambient acid precipitation is excluded by means of a roof and clean precipitation added beneath.
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Wright, R., Lotse, E. & Semb, A. Reversibility of acidification shown by whole-catchment experiments. Nature 334, 670–675 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1038/334670a0
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