3. What causes Acid Rain? Acid rain is a result of air pollution . When any type of fuel is burnt, chemicals and gases are produced in the form of smoke.
4. Holy Smoke! So smoke doesn’t just contain the sooty grey particles that you can see - it also contains lots of invisible gases and chemical that you can’t see. These chemicals can be harmful to our environment.
11. . . . but the water too. As acid rain falls on a forest it trickles through the leaves of the trees and runs down into the soil below. Some of it finds its way into streams and then on into rivers and lakes. As acid rain falls on a forest it trickles through the leaves of the trees and runs down into the soil below. Some of it finds its way into streams and then on into rivers and lakes.
12. As a result. . . Forests all over the world are dying. Whole sections of forests in Germany have been wiped out. In Scandinavia there are dead lakes, which are crystal clear and contain no living creatures or plant life. The fish have all died. Many of Britain's freshwater fish are threatened and there have been reports of deformed fish being hatched.
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