#phosphogeddon

https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2023/03/phosphorus-fertilizer-shortage-algae-dead-zones-environment-runoff/

How is outlawing the mention of "#ClimateChange" working out for you #Florida?

#Phosphogeddon #Phosphorous #Nitrogen

A Giant Blob of Seaweed is Heading to Florida

The mass, known as the great Atlantic Sargassum belt, is drifting toward the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists say seaweed is likely to come ashore by summer to create a rotting, stinking, scourge.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/us/seaweed-blob-florida-mexico.html

“We have reached a critical turning point,” said Prof Phil Haygarth of Lancaster University. “We might be able to turn back but we have really got to pull ourselves together and be an awful lot smarter in the way we use #phosphorus. If we don’t, we face a calamity that we have termed ‘phosphogeddon’.”

Scientists warn of #PhosphoGeddon as critical #FertiliserShortages loom | #Pollution #AlgalBloom

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/12/scientists-warn-of-phosphogeddon-fertiliser-shortages-loom

Today's lengthy but really important read is about #Phosphogeddon. #Phosphorus is really important in growing food. But it's also scarce and our farming methods are way to loose with it resulting in Dead Zones & toxic algae.

We need to pivot to #RegenerativeAg and other #Permaculture methods immediately.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/03/06/phosphorus-saved-our-way-of-life-and-now-threatens-to-end-it