History/Mitigation
The world event that started the process of widespread urban migration?
What is the Industrial Revolution?
Decomposing algae in eutrophic zones can release this greenhouse gas, contributing to climate change.
What is methane?
The two countries contributing to increasing phosphorus loads in Lake Erie
What are the US and Canada?
The most urbanized region in the Yangtze River Basin.
What is the Yangtze River Delta?
The country that was the first in the world to industrialize.
What is Britain/England/United Kingdom?
This dietary transition is associated with rising incomes and urbanization.
What is animal-based diets?
The general category of pollution that accounted for the most phosphorus loading in 2022
What are non-point sources?
The region of the Yangtze River Basin that contributes most to phosphorus runoff from diffuse agricultural sources.
What is the Upper Yangtze River Basin
Reducing runoff and eutrophication strategies
What are buffer zones, cover crops, contour farming and green infrastructure
This term describes low-oxygen zones in a water body where most marine life can't survive.
What are dead zones (or hypoxic zones)?
The clearing practice that has exacerbated phosphorus loading from agriculture
What is deforestation?
One of the most effective methods to reduce coastal eutrophication from the Yangtze River.
What is manure recycling?
The Mitigation for methane emissions from lakes
What is Capture methane for energy and restore eutrophic lakes with phosphorus binding materials
This term refers to the processes of growth, resource production, and waste elimination in cities.
What is urban metabolism?
The agreement through which the US and Canada agreed to reduce phosphorus loads entering Lake Erie's western and central basin by 40%
What is the Canada-US Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement?
211 Kilotons.
What is the estimated TDP load by 2050 if no efforts are made to reduce them?