Effects of air pollutants from wildfires on downwind ecosystems: Observations, knowledge gaps, and questions for assessing risk

MJ Paul, SD LeDuc, K Boaggio… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Wildfires have increased in frequency and area burned, trends expected to continue with
climate change. Among other effects, fires release pollutants into the atmosphere …

Sensitive tree species remain at risk despite improved air quality benefits to US forests

JG Coughlin, CM Clark, LH Pardo, RD Sabo… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Atmospheric nitrogen (N) and sulfur (S) deposition can significantly affect forest biodiversity
and production by altering the growth and survival of trees. Three decades of air quality …

A review of measurements of air-surface exchange of reactive nitrogen in natural ecosystems across North America

JT Walker, G Beachley, L Zhang, KB Benedict… - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
This review summarizes the state of the science of measurements of dry deposition of
reactive nitrogen (Nr) compounds in North America, beginning with current understanding of …

Potential vulnerability of 348 herbaceous species to atmospheric deposition of nitrogen and sulfur in the United States

CM Clark, SM Simkin, EB Allen, WD Bowman, J Belnap… - Nature Plants, 2019 - nature.com
Atmospheric nitrogen and sulfur pollution increased over much of the United States during
the twentieth century from fossil fuel combustion and industrial agriculture. Despite recent …

Investigating ammonia emissions in a coastal urban airshed using stable isotope techniques

AH Berner, JD Felix - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Increases in reactive nitrogen (N) production and consumption have caused ammonia (NH
3) emissions to the atmosphere to increase up to five times since the industrial revolution …

Lichen-based critical loads for deposition of nitrogen and sulfur in US forests

LH Geiser, H Root, RJ Smith, SE Jovan, L St Clair… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Critical loads are thresholds of atmospheric deposition below which harmful ecological
effects do not occur. Because lichens are sensitive to atmospheric deposition, lichen-based …

Growth and survival relationships of 71 tree species with nitrogen and sulfur deposition across the conterminous US

KJ Horn, RQ Thomas, CM Clark, LH Pardo, ME Fenn… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Atmospheric deposition of nitrogen (N) influences forest demographics and carbon (C)
uptake through multiple mechanisms that vary among tree species. Prior studies have …

Important Role of Overland Flows and Tile Field Pathways in Nutrient Transport

L Wan, AD Kendall, SL Martin, QF Hamlin… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Nitrogen and phosphorus pollution is of great concern to aquatic life and human well-being.
While most of these nutrients are applied to the landscape, little is known about the complex …

Herbarium specimens reveal that mycorrhizal type does not mediate declining temperate tree nitrogen status over a century of environmental change

TJ Michaud, LC Cline, EA Hobbie… - New …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Rising atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations (CO2) and atmospheric nitrogen (N)
deposition have contrasting effects on ectomycorrhizal (EM) and arbuscular mycorrhizal …

High-resolution maps of critical loads for sulfur and nitrogen in China

X Ge, Q Yu, L Duan, Y Zhao, M Posch, J Hao - Scientific Data, 2023 - nature.com
The critical load concept is an important scientific guideline for acid deposition control. It was
not only a crucial scientific basis to determine the emission reduction targets in Europe, but …