Environment: The disappearing nutrient (original) (raw)

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Phosphate-based fertilizers have helped spur agricultural gains in the past century, but the world may soon run out of them. Natasha Gilbert investigates the potential phosphate crisis.

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Gilbert, N. Environment: The disappearing nutrient.Nature 461, 716–718 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/461716a

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