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September 05, 2014

Research shows declining levels of acidity in Sierra Nevada lakes
Riverside CA (SPX) Sep 05, 2014
California's water supply depends on a clean snow pack and healthy mountain lakes. The lakes receive a large amount of runoff in the spring from the melting snowpack. If the snowpack is polluted, the lakes will be polluted. James O. Sickman, an environmental scientist at the University of California, Riverside, has conducted research on lakes in the Sierra Nevada-the most sensitive lakes in the U.S. to acid rain, according to the Environmental Protection Agency-and described human impacts on them ... read more

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