Yes, there have been lots of stories about this, as well as many other dead zones world wide, that are direct results of nitrogen fertilizer run off. Judging from past threads on this list I'm sure that there are some very strong feelings around this group of the tragedy of this situation and how it could feasibly be avoided (as in posts I've read about there being no need for nitrogen fertilizers at all). Check the archives, I seem to remember some posts from Keith (surprise surprise) as well as others. I have the general feeling that the runoff is a result of overuse of fertilizers and factory farming techniques including single crop fields. This is not my area of expertease and I don't want to offend anyone, so I'll leave it at that and let others post you some facts and figures. -Andrew
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Tim Castleman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > According to a PBS "Nature" program shown here recently, there is a "Dead Zone" in the Gulf of Mexico the size of New Jersey. This begins at the mouth of the Mississippi and spreads outward into the gulf. This is caused by excess nitrogen runoff from Midwest farmlands. > Any thoughts on this? > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
