Aired Saturday, June 10, 2023
Phosphogeddon: Short-Term Solutions Often Turn Out to Have Long-Term Costs
The Conversation
Talking about how the world’s Phosphorus problem resembles the carbon dioxide, plastics, and groundwater problems. The potential benefits of managing nutrients are staggering. How do we meet the needs of the growing human populations in terms of food production while steering away from the brink of what can be called phosphogeddon?
Guests
Dr. Jim Elser, Bierman Professor of Ecology of the University of Montana and Director of UM’s Flathead Lake Biological Station at Yellow Bay
Gabriel Filippelli, Ph.D., Chancellor’s Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), Executive Director, Indiana University Environmental Resilience Institute