Acid Rain in Forests

This is a picture of a forest in the Jizera Mountains in the Czech Republic. After lots of analysis, researchers now know that acid rain is the cause of slower growth, injury or death of the forests. Acid Rain does not kill trees directly, instead it weakens them by damaging their leaves or limiting the nutrients available to them. Sometimes even releasing toxic substances to trees and plants such as aluminum into the soil. These substances are washed away in the runoff and are carried into streams and rivers. Death of forests is often the result in the end after an acidic rainfall.