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University of Washington: Foul Fumes Pose Pollinator Problems
March 01, 2024
SEATTLE, Washington, March 1 (TNSres) -- The University of Washington issued the following news release:

A team led by researchers at the University of Washington has discovered a major cause for a drop in nighttime pollinator activity -- and people are largely to blame.

The researchers found that nitrate radicals (NO3) in the air degrade the scent chemicals released by a common wildflower, drastically reducing the scent-based cues that nighttime pollinators rely on to . . .

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