Acid rain and acidification research are indeed a multidisciplinary field. This field evolved from the first attempts to mitigate acid freshwater in the 1920s, then linking acid rain to the acidification in late 1950s, to the broad project-concepts on cause and effect from the late 1960s. Three papers from 1974, 1976 and 1988 demonstrate a broad approach and comprise scientific areas from analytical chemistry, biochemistry, limnology, ecology, physiology and genetics. Few, if any, environmental problems have led to a public awareness, political decisions and binding limitations as the story of acid rain. Acid precipitation and acidification problems still exist, but at a lower pressure, and liming has been reduced accordingly. However, the biological responses in the process of recovery are slow and delayed. The need for basic science, multidisciplinary studies, long time series of high-quality data, is a legacy from the acid rain era, and must form the platform for all future environmental projects.

酸雨和酸化研究确实是一个多学科领域。该领域从1920年代首次尝试缓解酸性淡水，到1950年代末将酸雨与酸化联系起来，再到1960年代末关于因果关系的广泛项目概念演变而来。1974年，1976年和1988年的三篇论文展示了一种广泛的方法，涵盖了分析化学，生物化学，语言学，生态学，生理学和遗传学等科学领域。几乎没有（如果有的话）环境问题导致公众对酸雨的认识，政治决策和局限性。酸沉淀和酸化问题仍然存在，但是在较低的压力下，石灰的形成也相应减少。但是，恢复过程中的生物学反应缓慢且延迟。基础科学的需要