Up in the Air and Down in the Water: Connections Between Air and Water Quality in Florida’s Tampa Bay
Mary G. Lusk and Tanya Charan
The Up in the Air, Down in the Water program is a combined research and education effort of the Urban Water Cycle Lab at the UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center in Hillsborough County, Florida. The purpose of this fact sheet is to explain where the nitrogen (N) in atmospheric deposition comes from, how it moves to Earth’s surface, how it can affect water quality, and how we can better manage atmospherically derived N in our watersheds. Written by Mary G. Lusk and Tanya Charan, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, October 2025.
