by Gil Bretler | Mar 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
Excessive use of phosphorus is depleting reserves vital to global food production, while also adding to the climate cris Our planet faces “phosphogeddon”, scientists have warned. They fear our misuse of phosphorus could lead to deadly shortages of...
by Gil Bretler | Mar 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
This is is a high-quality analysis – unfortunately only in french – of rigorous proofs (or lack of them) regarding climate change. But even if climate will not change, water and atmospheric pollution related to agricultural activities will bring a change...
by Gil Bretler | Mar 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
By Dan Egan, March 11, 2023, Bigthink. Civil engineer Martin Lebek has a brilliant plan to redress the world’s phosphorus imbalance. All the H2O we have on Earth now is all we will ever have. Water molecules might get polluted with contaminants for a time, or they...
by Gil Bretler | Mar 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
February 9, 2023. Science Daily. Researchers have calculated the carbon footprint for the full life cycle of fertilizers, which are responsible for approximately five percent of total greenhouse gas emissions — the first time this has been accurately quantified...
by Gil Bretler | Mar 9, 2023 | Uncategorized
By Emma Bryce, March 3, 2023, Anthropocene. Seeing the whole picture like this not only shows that most emissions occur directly on farms, it also points the way to huge tech-ready interventions. Manure and fertilizer generates more emissions annually...
