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Crop Biodiversity Could Reduce Nitrogen Runoff
Research fm Louisiana State University shows planting strategies that include a diverse range of crops is a technique that could lower nitrogen runoff. Where biodiversity of crops is high, there is less dissolved N found in surrounding watersheds that eventually make it to ocean. N from agriculture fertilizers winds up increasing the local aquatic dissolved nitrate. The increased nitrate leads to the growth of algae, which uses up the available oxygen in the water, creating dead zones. - Read More
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Topics : Biodiversity