This makes them especially attractive to pests, which represents yet another danger. Lin says it is possible that the use of lime and other human interventions can facilitate normal plant growth on agricultural lands affected by acid rain by adjusting the pH of the soil. But there's almost nothing humanity can do about vast forests and lakes.
林登秋分析，受酸雨影響的農作用地，或許還能藉施用石灰等人為介入方法，改變土壤的酸鹼度來幫助植物正常成長；但對於廣闊無邊的森林及湖泊，人類就幾乎束手無策。