Acid Rain: China, United States, and a Remote Area

@article{Galloway1987AcidRC,
  title={Acid Rain: China, United States, and a Remote Area},
  author={James N. Galloway and Zhao Dianwu and Xiong Jiling and Gene E. Likens},
  journal={Science},
  year={1987},
  volume={236},
  pages={1559 - 1562}
}
The composition of precipitation in China is highly influenced by fossil fuel combustion and agricultural and cultural practices. Compared to the eastern United States, precipitation in China generally has higher concentrations of sulfate, ammonium, and calcium. Wet deposition rates of sulfur in China are 7 to 130 times higher than those in a remote area in the Southern Hemisphere. In many areas of the world, significant ecological changes have occurred in ecosystems that have acid deposition… 
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