Air monitoring helps anticipate possible ecosystem changes

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Dr. Brent Auvermann Texas AgriLife Research engineer in Amarillo downloads rainfall data from an electronic rain gauge used to calculate wet deposition as a part of the National Atmospheric Deposition Program. Credit: Texas AgriLife Research photo by ...
Dr. Brent Auvermann, Texas AgriLife Research engineer in Amarillo, downloads rainfall data from an electronic rain gauge used to calculate wet deposition as a part of the National Atmospheric Deposition Program. Credit: Texas AgriLife Research photo by Kay Ledbetter

When rain settles the atmosphere and brings air pollutants to the ground, it can have a lasting effect on ecosystems, sometimes hundreds of miles away, according to a Texas AgriLife Research agricultural engineer.


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