A farmer sprays nitrate ... in the lake could be killed as a result of his actions? Dead plants are decomposed by bacteria, which use up the oxygen in the water during respiration. Algae blooms ...

Natural England said high levels of nitrogen pollution ... over nitrate levels in The Solent. Nitrogen from housing and agricultural sources has accelerated the growth of algae which is damaging ...

Nitrate levels in rivers and streams ... less animal life including live fish. “The chronic pollution indicator – filamentous brown algae and/or sewage fungus – topped the list of bad ...

PRATT —Nitrate pollution has forced a central Kansas town ... it accumulates because it lies out of the reach of bacteria, algae and plants that would otherwise begin breaking it down and ...

Other Midwest states with economies driven by agriculture, such as Wisconsin, Iowa and Nebraska, have pockets of nitrate pollution where ... ripe for toxic algae blooms. These blooms, which ...

Pollution issues preventing new homes from being built in south Hampshire could be tackled by buying fields to turn into woods, meadows or wetlands. Five councils accepted Natural England advice ...