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Nitrogen pollution stomps on biodiversity

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Long-term effects of low-level pollution may have been underestimated.

Nitrogen emitted into the atmosphere as a result of human activity could be changing plant communities worldwide. Although hot spots of high nitrogen pollution are known to change plant dynamics, new work predicts substantial effects from the lower, chronic levels of pollution found throughout most of the world.

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  1. Emma Marris
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Marris, E. Nitrogen pollution stomps on biodiversity. Nature (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2008.561

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