Phosphorus is essential for food production, but it is also a key cause of eutrophication. Estimates of phosphorus flux for the past 40–70 years reveal that large river basins can experience phases of phosphorus accumulation and depletion.
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Némery, J., Garnier, J. The fate of phosphorus. Nature Geosci 9, 343–344 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2702
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