The next and final Penn State Water Insights Seminar for this series will be held April 17 and features Dr. Peter Kleinman speaking on the topic of the connection between phosphorus runoff and eutrophication.
The connection between phosphorus runoff and eutrophication, the biological enrichment of water bodies, is no longer new news. Yet, eutrophication remains the most extensive impairment of freshwater systems world wide.
Often, the problem with phosphorus management in agriculture is framed as an inefficient use of a finite resource use.
While technologies and strategies aimed at more efficient phosphorus use can be applied effectively to address eutrophication in certain contexts, there are many settings in which more profound considerations are required.
Concepts such as "legacy phosphorus” help to frame the more intractable case studies, but require a hard look at root causes and a willingness by stakeholders to move beyond convenient, “win-win” sales pitches.
As eutrophication concerns continue to expand, new investments are need in agricultural nutrient management, recognizing that what may be seen by some as outdated or mundane has never been more relevant.
Dr. Kleinman is a scientist on the research project Management and Conservation Practices to Improve Water Quality in Agroecosystems of the Northeastern US. Trained as a pedologist, Dr. Kleinman explores the interactions between land management and landscape processes that control the transfer of nutrients from land to water.
The Seminar will be held in Room 102 Forest Resources Building at Penn State in State College from Noon to 1:00. Click Here to attend the Seminar by webinar (sign in with your name and email).
Click Here for the full schedule of Water Insights Seminar series from Penn State’s Environment and Natural Resources Institute and recordings of past Seminars.
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