Flowers grown floating on polluted waterways can help clean up nutrient runoff and turn a profit

PHYSorg
Feb 13, 2024, 11:30 am67 pts
Flowers grown on inexpensive floating platforms can help clean polluted waterways, over 12 weeks extracting 52% more phosphorus and 36% more nitrogen than the natural nitrogen cycle removes from untreated water, according to our new research. In addition to filtering water, the cut flowers can generate income…

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