What are the problems and solutions in Acid Rain in Scandinavia?
Scandinavia is under the prevailing south-westerlies that bring much acid rain from the continent; like the Ruhr industry in Germany. Because most of Scandinavia (Sweden and Norway) are basically a granite rock that was under a glacier during the last ice age, it doesn’t have natural chalk mineral that neutralize acidity as it does e.g. in the north of France and south of England. You might be interested to know that, since the end of the ice age, 12,000 years ago, Scandinavia still rises over the sea level. What was a viking harbour at sea level in the middle-age, is now several meters over the sea in my ancient town of Tønsberg, 100 km south of Oslo. The acid rain increases the acidity of the many Scandinavian lakes, that, in turn, favourize the growth of algae, which decreases the oxygen content of the water. That kills the fishes and the algae clogs many small stream, thus preventing the natural flow of the water. In order to rectify that, Norway (I suppose Sweden do the same, but
