Farms and cars polluting Rocky Mountain lakes

In case we needed any more evidence of the wretchedly unsustainable state of our food growing and auto use, this week the journal Science published a study on how airborne nitrogen from autos, agriculture, and power plants is worsening the pollution of alpine lakes in the Rockies and in northern Europe. Here is the Associated Press version of the story.

Green Lake 5, RMNP. Photo by James Elser.

Green Lake 5, RMNP. Photo by James Elser.

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