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Dying Trees, An Ecological Disaster
 "Red Tree" By Hans Villamil |
Why are trees important? Trees are important because they provide a homes for many other plants and animals too. They protect the flowers, which grow on the forest floor. They provide food for insects, reptiles, birds and mammals. They protect the soil from the wind and the rain. Most important, forests are the lungs of the planet. Trees produce oxygen that we breathe. If the trees die, we will die too.
But what is killing the trees? Nobody knows exactly, but it is probably air pollution or acid rain. Factories, power stations and cars emit tons of smoke into the air. This smoke contains sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide. These substances mix with water vapour in the atmosphere and form sulphuric acid and nitric acid. Sunlight turns these acids into poisonous oxidants which fall in rain or snow onto the trees.
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