Strong hydroclimatic controls on vulnerability to subsurface nitrate contamination across Europe

Excess fertilizer use causes subsurface contamination. Here, the authors conduct an assessment of water quality vulnerability across Europe, finding that 75% of agricultural regions are susceptible to nitrate contamination for least one-third of the year, two times more than using standard estimatio...

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Main Authors: R. Kumar, F. Heße, P. S. C. Rao, A. Musolff, J. W. Jawitz, F. Sarrazin, L. Samaniego, J. H. Fleckenstein, O. Rakovec, S. Thober, S. Attinger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19955-8