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Nitrogen pollution is a complex problem, and finding a solution has never been more important. Nitrogen \u2013 particularly dissolved inorganic nitrogen derived from coastal runoff \u2013 is a major water quality pollutant on the Great Barrier Reef.<\/p>\n
Decades of research and on-ground effort by many organisations and institutions have successfully closed many gaps in our scientific understanding but only resulted in modest reductions in amounts of nitrogen reaching the Great Barrier Reef, therefore, new ideas are needed and that is exactly what research being conducted by the NESP Tropical Water Quality Hub is doing \u2013 developing and testing innovative ways to reduce nitrogen runoff from the Queensland coast into the Great Barrier Reef lagoon.<\/p>\n
In this timely issue of our newsletter, we highlight a few of the (many) NESP TWQ projects that are working side-by-side with cane growers, graziers, industry representatives, Indigenous groups and managers, to make breakthroughs in our understanding of nitrogen behavior in soils, investigate new fertilisers that pollute less without affecting farmers\u2019 bottom line, develop better insurance products to manage crop yield risk, and evaluate wetlands repair methods.<\/p>\n
As with everything we do at NESP TWQ, it\u2019s not just about delivering stakeholder-driven research. We are focused on translating the science step, to enable our stakeholders to solve the problem. That\u2019s why we\u2019re co-hosting the inaugural \u2018Innovative Nitrogen Use in Sugarcane<\/em>\u2019 Forum in Cairns next month, which will bring together scientists and cane growers to discuss how some of these new innovative ideas can help everyone make progress towards our common goal.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Nitrogen pollution is a complex problem, and finding a solution has never been more important. Nitrogen \u2013 particularly dissolved inorganic nitrogen derived from coastal runoff \u2013 is a major water … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":5484,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5486","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\tBack to the October 2018 e-Newsletter contents<\/strong><\/a><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"