Articles | Volume 22, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-535-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-535-2025
Research article
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30 Jan 2025
Research article |  | 30 Jan 2025

Estimates of critical loads and exceedances of acidity and nutrient nitrogen for mineral soils in Canada for 2014–2016 average annual sulfur and nitrogen atmospheric deposition

Hazel Cathcart, Julian Aherne, Michael D. Moran, Verica Savic-Jovcic, Paul A. Makar, and Amanda Cole

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Critical loads of acidity (CLmaxS, CLmaxN, and CLminN) and nutrient nitrogen (CLnutN) for mineral soils in Canada Hazel Cathcart et al. https://doi.org/10.18164/ec5c8bbb-3bc8-4675-a9c6-103addd874b8

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Deposition from sulfur and nitrogen pollution can harm ecosystems, and recovery from this type of pollution can take decades or longer. To identify risk to Canadian soils, we created maps showing sensitivity to sulfur and nitrogen pollution. Results show that some ecosystems are at risk from acid and nutrient nitrogen deposition: 10 % of protected areas are receiving acid deposition beyond their damage threshold, and 70 % may be receiving nitrogen deposition that could cause biodiversity loss.
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