Thursday, July 27, 2017

Warming to worsen dead zones, algae blooms choking US waters

July 27, 2017 at 01:01PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new study projects that increases in rain from global warming could further choke U.S. waterways with fertilizer runoff that trigger dead zones and massive algae blooms.

Researchers calculate that if greenhouse gas emissions keep rising, more rain will increase nitrogen flowing into lakes, rivers, bays and coastal areas by about 19 percent by the end of the century.

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