Factoid/2008/05/05
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Fertilizers Used for Corn Based Biofuels Contribute to Coastal 'Dead Zones'
- "...a recent paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) notes that fertilizer applied to cornfields in the U.S. Midwest is a primary source of nitrogen carried by the Mississippi and Atchafalaya Rivers into the Gulf of Mexico. This nitrogen, largely in the form of nitrate, is a major contributor to a dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico." - excerpt from this Sea Web Ocean Update web page.
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