Released ammonia spreads into the air, reacts with other air pollutants and forms particulate matter. Ammonia itself and the particulate matter formed in the air endanger human health and damage plants and ecosystems.
Ammonia spreads through the atmosphere, is transported, and is deposited in ecosystems, where it can then cause over-fertilization. In addition, ammoinia contributes to soil acidification.
Ammonia can lead to changes in the species composition of biotic communities and to the death of individual species.