MEA 100 Lecture 1: Phosphorus: A Looming Crisis - Emily White
31 Jan 2019
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List the major ideas, concepts or key points- point by point, including but not limited to the following: sources of phosphorus. Mining: applications of phosphorus for fertilizers, supply and demand the supply of phosphorus might run out by the end of the century. Supply is not high enough to support the/a continually growing population the demand for phosphorus is very high: what is the crisis. Supply is too low for the growing demand. Our nation has reached a peak of the population beyond what can be sustainably feed the majority in the u. s. a. comes from mines in tampa, florida. Morocco has most of the control over phosphorus. Phosphorus is a non-renewable resource fertilizer damages the environment: solutions. Use substitutes for fertilizers like animal waste and bone. No-till farming/agriculture flood control reducing the use of toxic metals recycling urban waste. Phosphorus is a non-renewable resource in a world full of high demands.
