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What?
Rivers transport important nutrients across landscapes and into larger bodies of water. Among those nutrients are nitrogen and phosphorous, which stimulate the growth of crops but, when accumulating in water, may also yield “dead zones” that deprive marine animals of oxygen.
Precipitation can influence how nutrients get into and flow within rivers. But relatively few studies have examined how extreme flooding — more frequent and intense yet less predictable amid ongoing climate change — might alter that nutrient transport.
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More details at: https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/study-finds-change-in-niobrara-s-nutrients-following-2019-flood/