A few heavy storms cause a big chunk of nitrogen pollution from Midwest farms
- Written by Chaoqun Lu, Assistant Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University
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Some effects of extreme weather are visible – like half a million acres of flattened corn in Iowa left behind after a derecho that hit the Midwestern United States on Aug. 10.
Other effects are harder to measure, but can be just as harmful. One example is...
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