University of New Hampshire: Research Finds Existing Wetland Conservation Falls Short Fixing Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone
April 17, 2024
April 17, 2024
DURHAM, New Hampshire, April 17 (TNSres) -- The University of New Hampshire issued the following news release:
Every year excess fertilizer runs off agricultural farms along the Mississippi River and flows into the Gulf of Mexico creating a dead zone that reduces oxygen levels and kills marine organisms. Restoring wetlands along field-margins has long been proposed as a way to stop some of this overflow, but research from the University of New Hampshire finds that current restoratio . . .
Every year excess fertilizer runs off agricultural farms along the Mississippi River and flows into the Gulf of Mexico creating a dead zone that reduces oxygen levels and kills marine organisms. Restoring wetlands along field-margins has long been proposed as a way to stop some of this overflow, but research from the University of New Hampshire finds that current restoratio . . .