Fertilisers leaking huge amount of nitrogen into soil and water in India

An Article in 'nature India' report findings from "The Indian Nitrogen Assessment"Nature

The article notes that "a mammoth exercise in quantifying 'reactive nitrogen' in the environment has found that 65% of the nitrogen used in India as fertilisers may be getting leaked into soil, water and other natural resources, thereby significantly contributing to the country's greenhouse gas burden."

The full article is available at:

https://www.natureasia.com/en/nindia/article/10.1038/nindia.2017.145

 

 

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