The time it takes to reduce soil legacy phosphorus to a tolerable level for surface waters: What we learn from a case study in the catchment of Lake Baldegg, SwitzerlandCcilia von Arb aSebastian Stoll aEmmanuel Frossard bChristian Stamm c...
So couldn't the phosphorus at the Botai sites just be from the frequent use of fireplaces?Professor: You are absolutely right. However, when a fireplace leaves behind a lot of phosphorus in the soil, we'd also find an unusually high concentration of potassium.But the soil at the Botai ...
Grass clippings contain4% nitrogen, 1% phosphorus, and 2% potassium which can greatlybenefit the plantsin your garden. Using the clippings in the yard will reduce the need for nitrogen fertilizer and act as an effective mulch, improving the soil quality. Decomposed grass clippings also serve as ...
Some nutrients were unchanged, but calcium, phosphorus, iron, riboflavin, and vitamin C were all lower in 1999 compared to 1950, ranging from a 6 percent to 38 percent drop. (4) Almost 99 percent of the world’s daily calorie intake can be traced back to soil—and that’s a problem ...
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In response, farmers apply greater amounts of pesticides and herbicides to protect the crop. These chemicals seep into the ground, contaminating both the soil and the groundwater. Moreover, monoculture farms tend to intensify even more the use of pesticides, as some kinds of pests survive the ...
high summer dissolved phosphorus concentrations may be caused by groundwater inputs, in-stream mobilisation and desorption, or point source inputs, which can be one of the reasons why achieving the WFD goals is proving difficult (Carvalho et al., 2019). 4. New strategies: the Green Deal, ...
Instead, each of us owes the land and the human and more-than-human world care and consideration of their needs. As Tyson Yunkaporta puts it, we are here to look after the land and the sky and everything in between – that’s our niche in the ecosystem. This is in stark contrast ...
But, if Silvia had descended from the ramp of that plane dressed in the blue tank top we were used to seeing her in, this criticism toward the government, which immediately morphed into criticism of the victim of the crime and her family, “let THEM pay the ransom!” may never have bee...
We all have a general idea that the way food is grown and distributed has modernized in many ways; many farmers now manage pests and soil health with complex chemical products derived from bacteria or petroleum or other substances, and apply these products with intricate machinery, etc. I ...