Use Less Fertilizer!

1/3 the usual amounts. We really don’t want excess nitrogen flushing down waterways and creating algal toxic blooms in the deltas of the world, as is happening in the Gulf of Mexico. Here is news from China:
Scientists urge Chinese farmers to use fertilizer better

From:

http://www.sciam.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=scientists-urge-chinese-farmers-to-2009-02-17

and the original paper is here:

http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2009/02/13/0813417106.abstract

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