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Such natural processes as volcanic eruptions, forest fires and the bacterial decomposition of organic matter produce some of the damaging acidic sulfur and nitrogen compounds. But most experts believe that the current problem is directly traceable to the burning of fossil fuels by power plants, factories and smelting operations and, to a lesser extent, auto emissions. When tall smokestacks vent their fumes, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and traces of such toxic metals as mercury and cadmium mix with water vapor in the atmosphere. Chemical reactions follow that form dilute solutions of nitric and sulfuric acids-acid rain...
...Last Unicorn, a unicorn--supposedly the last unicorn left in the world--decides to leave her magical forest to find out the fate of her fellow unicorns. She goes on an Oz-like quest to find the kingdom of King Hagerd, where the Red Bull lives. This losthsome beast has been doing something terrible--it's unclear what--to all the other unicorns, whom he is holding prisoner...
...boring or repetitive manner. He prefers to go cross-country sking in New Hampshire's White Mountains, where he owns a cabin. "Anybody who lives in New England and doesn't get out to the country really is missing a great deal. The thrill of gliding through the forest on noiseless skis is hard to beat...
...been estimated that merely maintaining current wood fuel consumption levels in developing countries would require planting at least 125 million acres of new forest. And that figure does not include timber needed for industrial purposes. Angola, Nigeria, Zimbabwe and several other nations have already begun ambitious reforestation programs, by 1985. Nigeria plans to have doubled the amount of forest acres it had in 1980. In Zambia, new agricultural techniques have resulted in fantastic growth rates of 10 to 15 feet a year...
Outside the domain of scientists, new efforts have been made to inform the general public about the ecological wonders of rain forests and the need to save them. A documentary called "Korup" deals with the representative Korup forest in Cameroon. The film has been distributed to 70 countries, and will premiere in 30 capital cities...