greenbiz.com — Excess fertilizers and animal manure are flowing down the Mississippi River from Illinois, Indiana, and seven other states, emptying into the Gulf of Mexico. The excess fertilizer, and resulting nitrogen and oxygen, are leaving an increasingly large swath of the gulf completely lifeless.
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Closed AccountApr 3, 2009
I'm reminded of this whenever someone starts shouting about how carbon dioxide is essential for life, and therefore can't be a bad thing. Both nitrogen and oxygen are also essential for life - however, as we observe here, an overabundance creates problems. Just saying - being essential for life doesn't mean that more always = better.
triticumApr 3, 2009
It's primarily not s**t, but petrochemical-derived fertilizer runoff from corn monocultures. Dumbass.
Closed AccountApr 5, 2009
Yes we can!
ozziedogApr 6, 2009
So Illinois is full of s**t. How is THAT news.