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Mature forests store nitrogen in soil: May help protect waterways from excess nitrogen from industry

2014-10-24 02:51:53| Agriculture - Topix.net

Ecologists working in central Pennsylvania forests have found that forest top soils capture and stabilize the powerful fertilizer nitrogen quickly, within days, but release it slowly, over years to decades. The discrepancy in rates means that nitrogen can build up in soils.

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