Phosphorous Leakage II: a nice little summary

Following on from my previous post about Phosphorous leakage and the need to reuse and recycle phosphorous, based on Cordell and colleagues' paper on phosphorous and global food security, here is a short video that I think is useful in summarising the key themes.

The clip is a very simple description of the damaging process of phosphorous leakage and resulting eutrophication. Experts give a small insight into why this process needs to be addressed.

Clearly, phosphorous leakage is a real environmental and socioeconomic problem, and technology exists that could help. But there is a real lack of enforced action. The controversy surrounding the "peak phosphorous" concept (similar to the idea of "peak oil") perhaps epitomises some of the reasons for this. In my next post I will take this concept head on, taking opinions from both sides and (hopefully!) coming out the other end unscathed, better informed, and able to take my own stance on this topic that continues to grow in relevance.

If you can't contain your excitement and enthusiasm, and you feel like a bottle of champagne that's been furiously shaken and about to pop (okay, cava...student budget and all...), then here is a nice little article to get you ready for my next post. If you fancy, I recommend just having a quick scan of sections 1 and 3, where the concept is introduced (section 1) and then related to peak oil (section 3).