Peak Phosphorus May Be More Alarming Than Climate Change

Phosphorus is essential to life and the world is running out of it

Dustin T. Cox
Jan 12 · 5 min read
Photo by Jesse Gardner on Unsplash

Roger Sylvester-Bradley is on a mission. He’s a crop scientist for ADAS, “the UK’s largest independent provider of agricultural and environmental consultancy.” He’s growing barley and other crops using “legacy phosphorus” from previous harvests instead of…

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