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A New Strategy to Improve Water Quality—One Targeted Watershed at a Time

  • water pollution
  • hypoxia
  • Freshwater
  • Water Quality
More than 15,000 streams, rivers, and lakes are too polluted with nutrient runoff to support wildlife, be enjoyed recreationally, or serve as a drinking water source. Photo credit: USDA
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This website serves as an information portal about eutrophication—the over-enrichment of water by nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus—a leading threat to water quality around the world. Explore our interactive map and learn more.

Can Nutrient Trading Shrink the Gulf of Mexico's Dead Zone?

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  • hypoxia
  • Freshwater
Dead fish resulting from toxins or oxygen depletion in Lake Binder, Iowa. Photo credit: Dr. Jennifer L. Graham, U.S. Geological Survey
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Forests for Water

Watersheds of the Southern United States

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  • Forests
  • Freshwater
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Forests and Water: Green Infrastructure Can Be Less Expensive Than Gray Infrastructure

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  • Forests
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Comparing the Economic and Social Value of Mangroves and Shrimp Farms

  • agriculture
  • biodiversity
  • Economics
  • natural infrastructure
  • natural resources
  • low carbon development
  • Freshwater
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  • agriculture
  • biodiversity
  • Economics
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Coastal Eutrophic and Hypoxic Areas of Africa

  • Ocean
  • Freshwater
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Coastal Eutrophic and Hypoxic Areas of Asia

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  • Freshwater
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  • Water Quality
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  • Ocean
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Coastal Eutrophic and Hypoxic Areas of Australia and Oceania

  • Ocean
  • Freshwater
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  • Water Quality
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Coastal Eutrophic and Hypoxic Areas of Europe

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  • Ocean
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Coastal Eutrophic and Hypoxic Areas of South America

  • Ocean
  • Freshwater
  • hypoxia
  • Water Quality
  • water pollution
  • Ocean
  • Freshwater
  • hypoxia
  • Water Quality
  • water pollution