Episode 33 - Peak Soil - a podcast by Kory & Kellan
from 2021-05-05T00:00
Kellan and Kory discuss the ways in which our soil is being degraded and the potential consequences of reaching a peak in soil availability.
Learn More:
“Why Soil Is Disappearing from Farms”
https://www.bbc.com/future/bespoke/follow-the-food/why-soil-is-disappearing-from-farms/
Soil loss in Midwest farms
https://www.npr.org/2021/02/24/967376880/new-evidence-shows-fertile-soil-gone-from-midwestern-farms
Phosphorus crisis
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/farmers-are-facing-a-phosphorus-crisis-the-solution-starts-with-soil
Haber-Bosch Process
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haber_process
Peak Phosphorus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_phosphorus#:~:text=According%20to%20some%20researchers%2C%20Earth's,for%20several%20hundreds%20of%20years.
Soil Salinity
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-96190-3_2
Erosion and Global Warming
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-unep-soil/soil-erosion-increasing-global-warming-threat-unep-idUSTRE81C13J20120213
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