Environmental Science
The Effects of Acid Rain on Forest Ecosystems
Quick fact
In some regions, acid rain has leached away up to 50% of the calcium from forest soils, a nutrient trees need for cell structure and growth.
Why this is interesting
Imagine a forest slowly being poisoned from above—not by a spill, but by the very rain that should nourish it. How can something as gentle as rain become a destroyer of forests?