Sentences with phrase «less nutrients reaching»

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Less than 10 % of Nile water now reaches the sea, and most of the nutrient - rich sediment is trapped in the delta by a dense canal and irrigation system.

Less oxygen reaching the interior, meanwhile, a product of both this increased stratification and significant nutrient runoff from farms, creates dead zones, a massive threat to marine life.

The displacement of more nutrient - dense foods (eg, fruit, vegetables, lean meats, and seafood) by less - dense foods (refined sugars, grains, vegetable oils, and dairy products) and the subsequent decline in dietary vitamin and mineral density has far reaching health implications — consequences that not only promote the development of vitamin - deficiency diseases but also numerous infectious and chronic diseases (7).

The Mississippi River / Gulf of Mexico Nutrient Management Task Force supports the goal of reducing the size of the hypoxic zone to less than 5,000 square kilometers, or 1,900 square miles, which will require substantial reductions in nitrogen and phosphorus reaching the Gulf.

The Community: The Enumclaw area will benefit from the creation of several long - term operations jobs, a stronger dairy community, reduced odor, less chance of manure fecal coliform reaching streams, and reduced nutrient loading on cropland.