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The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment

… North America, are expected to experience an increase in precipitation.20 At the same time, scientists predict that … the magnitude, frequency, and intensity of the changes in precipitation levels will become more extreme; in other … will endure for longer periods of time.21 For example, precipitation in many 19 IPCC, 2007: Climate Change 2007: …
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Shared resources: Issues of governance

… dioxide and nitrogen oxide, they were had the worst acid rain problems in the world due to the activities of … North American countries on sulphur emissions that caused acid rain. Though all these countries have experienced high … of more than 20,000 lakes in Scandinavia and Canada by acid rain, the siltation and oxygen depletion of thousands of …
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Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources

… climate patterns. When water returns to land through precipitation it may either remain on the surface, as … higher temperatures but also rising sea levels, altered precipitation patterns, and an increase in extreme climatic … 3. applied to- a. the cleaning up of any water pollution acid the alleviation of its environmental effects; and b. …
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Third report on the protection of the atmosphere

… 2010), p. 947. The same can be applied, for example, to acid rain damage resulting from transboundary air pollution … take place. Cloud seeding is a common technique to enhance precipitation; it entails spraying small particles such as …
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Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation

… weather, as well as extreme storm events and changes in precipitation patterns. It is raising many challenges for …
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