Everyone knows about carbon emissions, dumping trash on the ocean, deforestation etc. What are the lesser known environmental disasters?

  • Dingus_Khan [he/him, they/them]
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    3 years ago

    Salination of freshwater sources from decades of road runoff in regions that get snow and use road salt. That and massive fertilizer runoff that's accumulating and contributing to the proliferation of harmful algae

    • TheGhostOfTomJoad [he/him,they/them]
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      3 years ago

      Yup, phosphorus is the least likely thing you'd ever need to put in your soil and on your lawn but all they wanna sell is 18-18-18 for lawn care. Just throw some Nitrogen on it and you'd be fine. Or just not have a fucking lawn in the first place but thats a whole other can of worms.