No ecosystem type in the eastern United States is free of the effects of air pollution according to a report released today by The Nature Conservancy and the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies From streams and rivers to forests and wetlands air pollution reduces the benefits these ecosystems provide to society and damages human health and economies Sulfur nitrogen mercury and groundlevel ozone not only contaminate the air we breathe they also enter the soil and water causing a complex set of problemsWe have yet to fully understand all the impacts of these pollutants but what weve found so far is alarming said Dr Tim Tear a Nature Conservancy scientist and coauthor of the report The problem is extremely widespread the more we looked the worse it seemed to getThe report Threats From Above Air Pollution Impacts on Ecosystems...
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