Re:Scientists discover why dozens of endangered elephants dr...
by Jedd on Thursday November 02, 2023 @07:12PM
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No one is arguing over-use of fertilisers, along with the broadscale and monoculture practices that often accompany them, is / are a massive problem.
It's just that this isn't caused by _that_ problem.
TFA, and more importantly the upstream scientific paper they're citing, determine a different cause here - increase in temperature.
TLDR fertalizers increase bacterium growth study done on bowvine. Fertalizer use in Africa as a content is up 300% and 33% higher than most developing countries. For example while USA uses a lot of fertilizer a small country like South Africa uses half. That is a lot in terms of land.