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aerial photo of two tractors spraying fertilizer on a large brown field divided into many rows; the spray drifts off to the left from a breeze

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November 19, 2025

Half Wasted: Fertilizer Overuse, Pollution, and the Global Nitrogen Cycle

Omanjana Goswami
Interdisciplinary Scientist

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