Alpine Ecosystem (image)

University of Colorado at Boulder

Caption

Afternoon light shines on an alpine dry meadow community on Niwot Ridge, Colorado, surrounded by the Indian Peaks of the southern Rocky Mountains. Elevated inputs of atmospheric nitrogen pollution from nearby urban and agricultural developments are altering species composition and soil biogeochemistry in these alpine ecosystems.

Credit

William Bowman

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