Floods of nutrients from fertilisers and wastewater trash our rivers. Could offsetting help?
- Written by: Michele Burford, Professor - Australian Rivers Institute, and Dean - Research Infrastructure, Griffith University
ShutterstockThe rivers running through the hearts of Australia’s major cities and towns are often carrying heavy loads of nutrients and sediments.
This is a problem. While nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus are essential to life in small quantities, in large quantities they become destructive to river and ocean ecosystems.
When rivers...