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Large amounts of crops that phosphate fertilizers are used to grow are fed to animals to produce meat. Reducing meat consumption or switching to meats that require less feed could decrease the demand ...
The authors found that a single species, the invasive quagga mussel, may now be the primary regulator of phosphorus cycling in the lower four Great Lakes, owing to their large biomass.
The Phosphorus Cycle. We begin our discussion of the P cycle in a typical grain crop rotation (i.e., corn, wheat, double-crop bean) by considering the plant residue left on the field surface after ...
CPS1 is a gene that gives instructions on how to make the carbamoyl phosphate synthetase I enzyme. This enzyme is involved in the urea cycle, a series of metabolic processes in liver cells.
The problem comes down to crap. People and livestock eat crops and excrete phosphorus as a result. (A University of Iowa researcher calculated that the state’s livestock produce a load of ...
Disrupting Earth’s chemical cycles brings trouble. But planet-warming carbon dioxide isn’t the only element whose cycle we’ve turned wonky—we’ve got a phosphorus problem too. And it’s ...
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