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Fighting air pollution could affect soil carbon stocks and contribute to climate change

Distribution of study sites across the geographic range of northern hardwood forests in Michigan, USA. These locations were selected because of their similar flora and inflorescence characteristics. Credit: Ecology (2024). DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4444 Decades-old policies aimed at improving air quality may also be accelerating global climate change, a recent study published in the journal Ecology warns. For generations, atmospheric nitrogen pollution…