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		Tyrannosaur on Feb 3, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The fertilizer shortage will persist in 2023 For exactly the same reason the river exists in the first place. Why does the water flow to the ocean and not just sink into the ground?

marginalia_nu on Feb 3, 2023 [–]

A lot of it does sink into the ground though. Thats how aquifiers replenish.

lukas099 on Feb 3, 2023 | | [–]

I think the percentage of fertilizer in the groundwater would reach an equilibrium where just as much is going out as is coming in.

LarryMullins on Feb 3, 2023 | | [–]

Water from shallow aquifers also flows into nearby rivers.

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