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Phosphorus from wastewater and agricultural runoff flows downstream to the Gulf of Mexico, where it unintentionally fertilizes plankton.

From Science Daily • Feb. 7, 2024

The business-nature of professional sports continually fertilizes that feeling.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 12, 2023

In mammals, offspring are produced when males’ sperm fertilizes females’ eggs.

From Scientific American • Aug. 1, 2023

After a courtship dance, the female transfers the eggs to the male’s tail, where he fertilizes them and then monitors them for four to six weeks until they hatch.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2023

The animal also spreads grass seed, plants it with his hooves, and then fertilizes it with his manure.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan