How the humble woodchip is cleaning up water worldwide

(University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences) Australian pineapple, Danish trout, and Midwestern U.S. corn farmers are not often lumped together under the same agricultural umbrella. But they and many others who raise crops and animals face a common problem: excess nitrogen in drainage water. Whether it flows out to the Great Barrier Reef or the Gulf of Mexico, the nutrient contributes to harmful algal blooms that starve fish and other organisms of oxygen.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news