Phosphorus Loss in U.S. Rivers

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American soil losing more nutrients for crops due to heavier rainstorms

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Phosphorus, a nutrient in soil essential for sustaining most forms of life, is increasingly disappearing from land as it is washed into waterways throughout the United States .

The study, published today ( Nov. 18 ) in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , analyzed data from 430 rivers across the U.S. It found that phosphorus loss from agricultural lands has increased over the past four decades .

This loss of phosphorus can potentially lead to decreased crop yields, which could drive up the cost of food.

This work was supported by the Barry and Shirley Isett Professorship at Penn State , the High Performance Computing Platform of Hohai University , the U.S. National Science Foundation , the US Department of Energy and the Polish Ministry of Education and Science .

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