Or M. Bialik on Nostr: You'd think that if you dump #nutrients in a #river, let's say from a #wastewater ...

You'd think that if you dump #nutrients in a #river, let's say from a #wastewater treatment plant, it will stimulate biological production and sequester #carbon. But in shallow rivers, that organic matter soon breaks down and releases a lot of #greenhouse gasses.
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