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Iowa State: Heavy Rainfall Drives a Third of Nitrogen Runoff, According to New Study
September 19, 2020
AMES, Iowa, Sept. 19 (TNSJou) -- Iowa State University issued the following news release:

Heavy rain events that occur only a few days a year can account for up to a third of the annual nitrogen runoff from farmland in the Mississippi River basin, according to a new study from Iowa State University scientists.

The research, published Friday in the academic journal Communications Earth & Environment, uses innovative computer modeling techniques to quantify nitrogen r . . .

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