Human alterations to global riverine phosphorus fluxes to the ocean
Guowangchen Liu, Dongfeng Li, Ting Zhang, Jim Best, James J. Elser, Gabriel M. Filippelli, Hanqin Tian, Yi Zhao, Shang Tian, Anmeng Sha, Shouliang Huo, Hanxiao Zhang, Wei Zhi, Lei Chen, Zhenyao Shen, Feng Zhou, Qiuwen Chen, Yong Liu, Jinren Ni · 2025
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Guowangchen Liu and a large team map how human activity has changed phosphorus flows from rivers to the ocean, in a 2025 paper. Phosphorus is vital for life and farming, but excess runoff harms water and coastal seas. Direct records are too sparse to show global patterns alone.
Their learning system combined several data types with hundreds of thousands of measurements across hundreds of major rivers over four decades. Total flow looked steady worldwide, but that hid opposite trends. Flows fell in the north, where dams trap phosphorus, and rose in the south with fertilizer use and forest loss. Small rivers drove much of the rise.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Guowangchen Liu, Dongfeng Li, Ting Zhang, Jim Best, James J. Elser, Gabriel M. Filippelli, Hanqin Tian, Yi Zhao, Shang Tian, Anmeng Sha, Shouliang Huo, Hanxiao Zhang, Wei Zhi, Lei Chen, Zhenyao Shen, Feng Zhou, Qiuwen Chen, Yong Liu, Jinren Ni |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 41 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |