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Environment
Michele Burford, Professor - Australian Rivers Institute, and Dean - Research Infrastructure, Griffith University

Floods of nutrients from fertilisers and wastewater trash our rivers. Could offsetting help?

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The 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.

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