Mexico’s wheat fields help feed the world. They’re also releasing a dangerous greenhouse gas


By 
Joshua Partlow and Chris Mooney, The Washington Post. 

Excerpt: ...scientists who have studied this valley for decades know that ...when water mixes with nitrogen fertilizer, and when no crop is in the ground to absorb it — huge surges of nitrous oxide gas are released into the atmosphere.…

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