Acid rain - potent killer of China's forests

摘要

Air pollution and acid rain are on the rise in China due to the increasing number of modern industries and amount of energy consumption, threatening to cause irreversible damage to forests, especially in South and Southwest China. Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Chinese Academy of Forestry (CAF) reported in their recently published thesis that China is the world's third most polluted region after Europe and North America.