Number	16909
Subject	Water
Source	Baltimore Sun
State	MD
Year	2000
Publication Date	September 24-28
Summary	In just the past two decades, industrialization, population growth and intense use of chemical fertilizers have doubled the amount of nitrogen in circulation among living things...And this sudden explosion of nitrogen has meant mounting worldwide environmental problems that promise to soon get worse and, some scientists predict, to reach the point of calamity." Some examples: More frequent algae blooms (red tides) kill fish and other sea life in coastal waters, invasive plants take over prairies in Minnesota, acid rain in the Blue Ride Mountains, visibility impaired in waters near the Great Barrier Reef, forest mushrooms disappear in Holland.
Category	General
Pages	None
Keywords	nitrogen;environment;water;red tide;algae;seafood;sewage;fishing;"dead zones";praires;fertilizer;ammonia;farming;sea grass;Baltic;blue crabs;sea grass;agriculture;scallops;monk seals;sea lions;shrimp;hogs;Lake Pontchartrain
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