Quote Originally Posted by GrowRebel
If acid rain ... not that we have it ..... is so bad why doesn't it effect the tress and plants?
The effects are subtle on land because there is so much organic buffering going on.
Areas that are really susceptible to acid rain have lakes with a substrate that is very low in calcium carbonate, which leaches out of limestone.'
CaCO3 is an effective buffer against acid rain. Lakes lacking it get drops in pH at certain times of year that result in fish dying off, unusual algae blooms, and lack of oxygen as those algal organisms die off and decay.