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Article: Air pollution is degrading every major ecosystem type in northeastern and mid-Atlantic US
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- The Hindustan Times
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- July 22, 2008
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Washington, July 22 -- A new report has found that air pollution is degrading every major ecosystem type in the northeastern and mid-Atlantic United States.
The Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies and The Nature Conservancy have made the report.
Titled "Threats From Above: Air Pollution Impacts on Ecosystems and Biological Diversity in the Eastern United States", the report is the first to analyze the large-scale effects that four air pollutants are having across a broad range of habitat types.
"Everywhere we looked, we found evidence of air pollution harming natural resources," said Dr. Gary M. Lovett, an ecologist at ...