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Svante Odén (1924-1986), a Swedish soil scientist at the Agricultural College of Uppsala, Sweden, was among the first to recognize that atmospheric emissions of sulfur compounds were causing acid rain. Odén published a study in 1968 showing that precipitation in Sweden had become eight times more acidic during the period 1962 to 1966, causing lakes to acidify and damaging fish populations. Odén concluded that the sulfur compounds causing acidification could be dispersed hundreds of kilometers from their sources, causing damage to ecosystems far from regions of heavy sulfur emissions.
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Cutler Cleveland (Lead Author);Peter Saundry (Topic Editor) "Odén, Svante". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth August 18, 2006; Last revised Date August 18, 2006; Retrieved May 24, 2012 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Od%C3%A9n,_Svante>
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The Encyclopedia of Earth Cutler J. Cleveland is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Earth. Dr. Cleveland is currently a Professor in the Department of Geography and Environment at Boston University, with joint appointments in the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies and the Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer Range Future. He also is a Senior Fellow at the National Council for Science and the Environment in Washington D.C. Dr. Cleveland is als ... (Full Bio)
Svante Odén (1924-1986), a Swedish soil scientist at the Agricultural College of Uppsala, Sweden, was among the first to recognize that atmospheric emissions of sulfur compounds were causing acid rain. Odén published a study in 1968 showing that precipitation in Sweden had become eight times more acidic during the period 1962 to 1966, causing lakes to acidify and damaging fish populations. Odén concluded that the sulfur compounds causing acidification could be dispersed hundreds of kilometers from their sources, causing damage to ecosystems far from regions of heavy sulfur emissions.
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