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nitrogen

Cover crops work, users say

July 11, 2013 by Freshwater Society

Cover crops – typically grasses sowed into corn and soybean fields after the fall harvest – could reduce nitrogen losses to Minnesota streams and rivers by 10 percent if the … Read more

Categories Water, Science and the Environment Tags cover crops, nitrate, nitrogen, water pollution

National Geographic looks at nitrogen paradox

May 1, 2013 by Freshwater Society

Read a fine new National Geographic article on the paradox of nitrogen fertilizer: We can’t live without it, and it is polluting our water and air. “Nearly half the people … Read more

Categories Water, Science and the Environment Tags nitrogen, otto doering, reactive nitrogen

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