Fertilizer and climate change
17
Sep
Subject: Environment Context: Fertilizers usage has been making climate change worse Concept: Widely-used synthetic fertiliser, ammonium nitrate and its chemical cousins ammonium sulfate, sodium nitrate and potassium nitrate are significant contributors to climate change. Fertilizers production is energy-intensive, requiring the burning of fossil fuels. After farmers apply these synthetic fertilisers to crops, chains of chemical […]