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Understanding the Anthropocene, Resilience Thinking, and the Future of Industry

Green Business Bureau

Nitrogen and phosphorous are both essential for plant growth, thus they are made into fertilizers that pollute waterways and coastal zones, and accumulate in the world’s soil and land. Land-system change – Forests, grasslands, wetlands, and other land types have been converted to agricultural land all across the globe.

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Environment Agency chief Sir James Bevan: 'The water crisis is a ticking time bomb for the UK'

Business Green

Meanwhile new threats are seeping into our waters, including microplastics and so-called forever chemicals. Biodiversity in many of our rivers is a lot better than it was. We are still seeing too much pollution from sources we have known about for years: sewage, farming, industry and road-run off.