The South Platte Renew Water Recovery Facility treats approximately 20 million gallons per day of residential and industrial wastewater from 300,000 residents in connecting communities. Treated ...

Journal of Coastal Conservation, Vol. 24, No. 4 (2020), pp. 1-7 (7 pages) Inorganic forms of nitrogen and phosphorus, oxygen levels, suspended solids, and planktonic primary productivity were ...

Researchers have succeeded in establishing a method for producing recycled liquid fertilizer that contains high concentrations of phosphorus. Growing plants can be a joyous, yet frustrating process as ...

As a predator of soil microorganisms, nematodes respond rapidly to changes in soil environment, which can reflect climate conditions, ecosystem succession status, nutrient cycling and soil ecosystem ...

Regenerating tropical forests pull carbon dioxide from the air, but a lack of nitrogen in the soil could slow this process, a new Nature Communications study has found. Restoring tropical forests is ...

Even minor amounts of human activity can increase nutrient concentrations in fresh waters that can damage the environment, according to a new study. These findings suggest most U.S. streams and rivers ...

When people think about agricultural pollution, they often picture what is easy to see: fertilizer spreaders crossing fields ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The creation of synthetic fertilizers in the early 20th century was a turning point in human history, enabling an increase in crop yields and ...

An ecological imbalance in a lake can usually be attributed to increased nutrient inputs. The result: increased phytoplankton growth, oxygen deficiency, toxic cyanobacterial blooms and fish kills.