Fertilizers and nitrate pollution of surface and ground water: an increasingly pervasive global problem

• Published in: SN applied sciences Vol. 3; no. 4; pp. 518 - 24
• Main Authors: Bijay-Singh, Craswell, Eric
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.04.2021; Springer Nature B.V; Springer
• Subjects: 2. Earth and Environmental Sciences (general); Agricultural ecosystems; Agricultural production; Agriculture; Applied and Technical Physics; Aquifers; Chemistry/Food Science; Corn; Developing countries; Earth Sciences; Ecosystems; Engineering; Environment; Eutrophication; Farms; Fertilizer management; Fertilizer nitrogen; Fertilizers; Fresh water; Ground water; Groundwater; Irrigation; Isotopes; LDCs; Leaching; Materials Science; Nitrate; Nitrates; Nitrogen; Pollution; Review Paper; Simulation models; Stable isotopes; Surface water; Water pollution; Water quality; Wheat; East Asia; North America; Europe; China; South Asia; Nitrate; Fertilizer management; Surface water; Fertilizer nitrogen; Water pollution; Ground water; Soil nitrogen

Nitrate pollution of ground and surface water bodies all over the world is generally linked with continually increasing global fertilizer nitrogen (N) use. But after 1990, with more fertilizer N consumption in developing countries especially in East and South Asia than in the industrialized nations...