If phosphorus stayed locked in the soil, farmers would have wasted money on fertilizer they didn’t need. And excess phosphorus in soil can hinder the uptake of essential plant micronutrients and alter ...

The Mississippi River seen during a Lighthawk flight on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Missouri. Water from 31 states and two Canadian provinces drain into the Mississippi. Decades of data show nitrate ...

An update of Louisiana's strategy to help reduce the low-oxygen “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico is being criticized as inadequate because of its reliance on a proposed project now in doubt and for ...

Although phosphorus and nitrogen river loads, the main cause for its eutrophication, have been significantly reduced, adverse effects such as algal blooms and oxygen depletion still massively occur, ...

The State of New York Supreme Court/County of Albany (“Court”) addressed in a May 6th Order whether the New York State Department of Health (“DOH”) has the authority to issue Watershed Rules and ...

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers find designer biochar can inexpensively and sustainably remove up to 41% of dissolved phosphorus in farm drainage water. Zhou and his co-authors ...

Imagine you love cherry cheesecake, and you’re happy to find out that your local bakery makes the delicious, decadent dessert every Saturday. But they only make a certain amount per week; after that, ...

WHAT DID YOU LEARN? YOU KNOW, SO REDUCING NUTRIENT POLLUTION AND INCREASING WETLAND. THOSE ARE JUST A COUPLE WAYS WE CAN PREVENT WHAT WE’RE SEEING IN THE WATER RIGHT NOW. THIS TURNOVER EVENT FROM ...

Seagrass has the potential to be one of the world's most effective sponges at soaking up and storing carbon, but we don't yet know how nutrient pollution affects its ability to sequester carbon.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A spreader sprays sewage sludge, which is rich in phosphorus, across a farm in Oklahoma. AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel When people ...