Projected precipitation increases are bad news for water quality

Increased precipitation from a changing climate could pollute U.S. waterways with excess nitrogen, increasing the likelihood of severe water quality impairment from coast to coast, according to a new study by scientists Eva Sinha and Anna Michalak of the Carnegie Institution for Science and Venkatramani Balaji of Princeton University.
The results are published in this week's issue of the journal Science.
The effects will be especially strong in the Midwest and ... More at https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=242494&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click
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Source: NSF News - July 27, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news