Results of the study by the scientists from the Universities of Southampton, Portsmouth and East Anglia and the National Oceanography Centre will be used to create a statistical model of the distribution of excess phosphates and nitrates.
The model will show how far phosphates and nitrates transfer from rivers, through estuaries and into the coastal seas and the role that storms play in the process.
The team anticipates that this will give policymakers more informed decisions on how to reduce nitrate and phosphate pollution in estuaries.
Des scientifiques britanniques projettent d’évaluer les effets des orages sur la contamination des rivières au nitrate et au phosphate. Ils considèrent ces recherches comme cruciales dans la mesure où l’intensité et la fréquence des orages devraient augmenter en raison du changement climatique.
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