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Article: Air pollution degrading major ecosystems
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- The Hindustan Times
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- July 22, 2008
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Washington, July 22 -- Air pollution, known for its damaging impact on health, is also fast degrading major ecosystems, according to a report.
The deleterious effects are visible in forests, streams and wetlands in the mid-Atlantic area of US, according to a new report by the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies and The Nature Conservancy.
The report is the first to analyse the large-scale effect that four air pollutants are having across a broad range of habitat types. The majority of recent studies focus on one individual pollutant, with a highly negative prognosis by 32 experts.
"Everywhere we looked, we found evidence ...