Alpine ecosystems struggle to recover from nitrogen deposition
Tuesday, September 4, 2018 - 13:00
in Earth & Climate
What happens to high mountain ecosystems when you take away air pollution? Not much, not very quickly. A new CU research study finds that degraded alpine ecosystems showed limited recovery years after long-term inputs of human-caused nitrogen air pollution, with soil acidification and effects on biodiversity lingering even after a decade of much lower nitrogen input levels.