With fertilizers that supply phosphorus–what Asimov called “life’s bottleneck”– people broke the circle of life. Dan Egan’s new book The Devil’s Element traces the history of this essential element from curiosity to crop miracle. Egan documents the mayhem unleashed by a flood of phosphorus, from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico and discusses how people can act to stop phosphorus-fueled blooms of algae that are closing beaches, killing animals and sickening people.
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#541 Wayfinding
#540 Specialize? Or Generalize?
#539 A Bit of Bird Behaviour
#538 Nobels and Astrophysics
#537 Science Journalism, Hold the Hype
#536 Let Them Eat Dirt
#535 Superior
#534 Bacteria are Coming for Your OJ
#533 Breaking the Rodent Glass Ceiling
#532 A Class Conversation
#SB2 2019 Science Birthday Minisode: Mary Golda Ross
#531 Induced Seismicity
#530 Why Aren't We Dead Yet?
#529 Do You Really Want to Find Out Who's Your Daddy?
#528 A Shock Machine and The Lost Boys
#527 Honey I CRISPR'd the Kids
#526 Let Me See You Sweat
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