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AEROSOL POLLUTION COULD DRAIN EARTH'S WATER CYCLE
SAN DIEGO, California, December 7, 2001 (ENS) - Pollution produced by
humans may be seriously weakening the Earth's water cycle - reducing rainfall
and threatening fresh water supplies. A new study by researchers at the
Scripps Institution of Oceanography suggests that tiny particles of soot
and other pollutants are having a far greater effect on the planet's hydrological
cycle than previously realized.
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U.S. ECOSYSTEMS ALTERED BY NITROGEN POLLUTION
WASHINGTON, DC, January 25, 2002 (ENS) - Much of the nitrogen in ecosystems
throughout the United States comes not, as previously believed, from natural
sources, but from acid rain and agricultural fertilizers. A study of ancient
and unpolluted South American forests promises to upend longstanding beliefs
about ecosystems and the effects of pollution in the Northern Hemisphere.
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