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Nature Communications  ·  9 July 2026  ·  From issue 04

Most US lakes switched from trapping phosphorus to trapping nitrogen over ten years.

Ran Zhou, Josep Peñuelas et al., Preferential nitrogen retention characterizes current eutrophication in United States lakes, Nature Communications.

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