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bounty44 -> RE: Plunging price of renewable energy makes end of fossil fuels inevitable, says report (4/22/2017 3:53:41 AM)
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so 10 years aint enough to heal it, wonder how many decades it will take, a hundred years? more?
There ARE a few lakes that have recovered -- lower ones, though, with more water flowing through them. Brooktrout Lake in particular.
I'm looking for the post that had the images and your comments as to the lake with no fish...where is this place?
(WHY is this place?)
im from wny, went to undergrad in cny, have worked in the backcountry Adirondacks, riding, hiking, canoeing and camping. if im following what youre asking...
industrial waste made its way into the atmosphere and the weather system carried those waste products, via the rain, into the Adirondack water system, changing the pH and making it uninhabitable for certain fish, or in some cases, all fish and plant life. it affected the forest as well.
this was predominantly discovered during the 70s/80s and when it was, some changes were eventually made that have been improving the ecosystem but there is still a way to go and its debatable, depending on who youre listening to, as to whether or not things will improve or worsen.
Gawd...how fucking horrible....this is that whole acid rain thing?
Why not surrounding lakes?
(Is it surrounding lakes?)
if you look at a map of the state and the park, you'll see its relatively large and its pretty lake and river dense. so why some lakes and not others might be due to a function of the park's size and how the weather flows over it but yes its happened to a bunch of lakes and ponds.
some of its not just the rain per se too---its also how the rain interacts with the topography and affects the pH of the runoff.
ive never looked at a map of the affected areas, but my guess is they'd have to jibe with weather patterns. however at the same time, some of the lakes are resistant to it because of their large size, while others are more susceptible for their smaller size.
a quick internet search tells me the estimate of affected lakes is ~550 (there are close to 3000 in the park)
its worth noting, "acid rain" occurs all over the world, the Adirondacks, for a number of reasons, are the most visible case of it.
while im here--lemme take a head shot to the troll's stupid greedy capitalist pig type sentiment. there's no evidence im aware of that the companies in ohio and Michigan knew ahead of time what the effects of their emissions would be on the park, many hundreds of miles away, and decided to ignore them in order to make a buck.
whats more---the health of the Adirondacks is not just a matter of "tree huggers." though its sparsely populated, not only do many thousands of people live in the park but many of them make their living on the tourism industry. the acid rain situation affected their drinking water, as well as their ability to earn an income.
at the very least, the epa intervened, with a lot of political support, and started changing regulations to lessen the damaging effects.
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