
What Connects Bones, Bird Poop, and Toxic Green Slime? Hint: Without It, Half of Us Wouldn't Be Alive Today
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The Cost of Phosphorus
Mining phosphorus for farming has led to our population explosion. Without it, some scientists estimate that the earth could only support about 4 billion people. Today we're at 8. There are some really wild stories about this. We'll be telling those in our special supporters newsletter, gastropod.com slash support.
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