Algae Blooms Fed by Farm Flooding Add to Midwest’s Climate Woes

InsideClimate News

The historic rains that flooded millions of acres of Midwestern cropland this spring delivered bad news for the climate, flushing fertilizer and manure into waterways, triggering a potentially unprecedented season of algae blooms. A “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico—a massive overgrowth of algae—could become the size of Massachusetts this summer.

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