Heavy rainfalls combined with periods of drought can release nutrients from crop fertilizers into waterways, indirectly contributing to algae blooms and other issues in the Great Lakes.
University of Windsor researchers are developing Open Array, a diagnostic chip to detect microbes in sediment as an early warning system for water quality.
Nutrients like phosphorus and nitrogen used to fertilize crops get trapped in sediment in both natural wetlands and in man-made systems like water retention ponds and drainage systems.
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