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Overall, nitrogen emissions from agriculture into Europe's aquatic ecosystems are still far too high and have already severely impaired most inland waters, according to the researchers. There is still an urgent need to reduce nutrient emissions, as they pose a major threat to aquatic ecosystems, their biodiversity and thus also their ecosystem services. The latter are an indispensable basis for our own lives, such as the self-purification capacity and provision of clean drinking water, a stable landscape water balance, natural flood protection, cooling effect, fisheries resources and recreational areas. Overall, a more sustainable nitrate management should be seen as a key public task and service of general interest by both European policymakers and EU Member States.
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