Fertilizer’s Fungal Effects
Biology major Hannah Vanderscheuren BS’22 probes an underappreciated kingdom for insight into how nitrogen pollution harms forests.
When excess fertilizer leaches out from croplands and urban lawns, nitrogen and other elements pollute the environment. Extensive research shows the damage that nitrogen pollution causes to soils, forests, and waterways. But a lesser-known victim — fungi — remains understudied despite its importance to healthy forest ecosystems. Undergraduate researcher Hannah Vanderscheuren BS’22 is determined to change that.
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