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May 12, 2016

Agricultural ammonia emissions disrupt earth's delicate nitrogen balance
Fort Collins CO (SPX) May 12, 2016
When considering human impacts on earth systems, disturbance to the carbon cycle grabs the Agricultural ammonia emissions disrupt earth's delicate nitrogen balances. But another critically important earth process, the nitrogen cycle, has also seen major disruption from human activity. It turns out the nature of that disruption in the U.S. has changed over the last several decades. New Colorado State University research indicates that nitrogen cycle disturbance from emissions of agriculture-related ... read more

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