News articles tagged with 'phosphorus'
Airborne nitrogen shifts aquatic nutrient limitation in pristine lakes
— 6 Nov 2009 10:11 | EnvironmentThe impact of airborne nitrogen released from the burning of fossil fuels and wide-spread use of fertilisers in agriculture is much greater that previously recognised and even extends... — full story
Mapping nutrient distributions over the Atlantic Ocean
— 4 Nov 2009 13:42 | EnvironmentLarge-scale distributions of two important nutrient pools - dissolved organic nitrogen and dissolved organic phosphorus (DON and DOP) have been systematically mapped for the first time... — full story
Mystery solved: Marine microbe is source of rare nutrient
— 30 Sep 2009 17:00 | BiologyA new study of microscopic marine microbes, called phytoplankton, by researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the University of South Carolina has solved a ten-year-old... — full story
Water quality improves after lawn fertiliser ban
— 18 Aug 2009 11:58 | EnvironmentIn an effort to keep lakes and streams clean, municipalities around the country are banning or restricting the use of phosphorus-containing lawn fertilisers, which can kill fish and... — full story
Double trouble for water life
— 19 May 2009 15:44 | EnvironmentExcess phosphorus and nitrogen produced by human activities on neighbouring land is making its way into our coastal waters and degrading both water quality and aquatic life. Although... — full story
Sewage treatment in the East may be enough to reduce Baltic algal blooms
— 6 May 2009 18:53 | EnvironmentUpgrading sewage treatment in the southeastern Baltic Sea states to Swedish standards may suffice to reduce algal blooms in the Baltic to levels of the 1950s. This is shown in a study... — full story
Synthesis with a template
— 1 May 2009 14:29 | ChemistryThe discovery of a soccer-ball-shaped molecule made of 60 carbon atoms was a minor revolution in chemistry: Fullerenes are spherical, highly symmetrical molecules made of carbon atoms,... — full story
Changing climate will lead to devastating loss of phosphorus from soil
— 15 Apr 2009 14:28 | EnvironmentCrop growth, drinking water and recreational water sports could all be adversely affected if predicted changes in rainfall patterns over the coming years prove true, according to research... — full story
Program for kidney disease patients effective for reducing serum phosphorus levels
— 11 Feb 2009 09:20 | HealthPatients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) who participated in an education program to limit their intake of phosphorus-containing food additives lowered their blood levels of the... — full story
Phytoplankton cell membranes challenge fundamentals of biochemistry
— 2 Feb 2009 18:34 | BiologyGet ready to send the biology textbooks back to the printer. In a new paper published in Nature, Benjamin Van Mooy, a geochemist with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)... — full story