little alkaline in it to help deter the effects of acid rain. The fear is that this degradation will continue unless we can neutralize the effects of acid rain.
             When there are no nutrients left in the soil, the growth of plants and trees are reduced dramatically. When acid rain falls upon trees, the corrosiveness of the precipitation destroys the waxy coating on the leaves and needles causing the leaves and needles to die. When the tree loses its needles and leaves, the tree loses the ability to create food for itself through photosynthesis. Also, without its protective coating, the tree loses its ability to defend against disease, insects, drought, and cold temperatures. The cold temperatures are mainly responsible for the death of most trees under the condition of acid rain. Acid rain has been blamed for the decline of spruce forests on the highest ridges of the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States. In the Black Forest of southwestern Germany, half of the trees are damaged from acid rai
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