Agricultural water pollution could become 20 times more problematic for farmers due to climate change, a new study has revealed.
River water quality was analysed during one of the UK’s wettest ever winters which showed a dramatic increase of pollutants washing off from farmland.
The study, conducted by Rothamsted Research, noted that pollutants running off from farms increased substantially during the winter of 2019/2020, with the amount of soil washed off arable fields showing a twenty-fold increase on average.
