Agriculture replaces fossil fuels as largest human source of sulfur to the environment
Monday, August 10, 2020 - 10:21
in Earth & Climate
Historically, coal-fired power plants were the largest source of reactive sulfur, a component of acid rain, to the biosphere. A new study recently publishing Aug. 10 in the journal Nature Geoscience shows that fertilizer and pesticide applications to croplands are now the most important source of sulfur to the environment.