Global phosphorus shortage will be aggravated by soil erosion

Global phosphorus shortage will be aggravated by soil erosion

Phosphorus is an essential nutrient critical for agriculture, but because it is non-renewable its future availability is threatened. Here the authors show that across the globe most nations have net losses of phosphorus, with soil erosion as the major route of loss in Europe, Africa and South Americ...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Christine Alewell, Bruno Ringeval, Cristiano Ballabio, David A. Robinson, Panos Panagos, Pasquale Borrelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18326-7
id doaj-fc1c64cb6c2a4ab7a70048c6728b1e21
record_format Article
spelling doaj-fc1c64cb6c2a4ab7a70048c6728b1e212021-09-12T11:49:04ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232020-09-0111111210.1038/s41467-020-18326-7Global phosphorus shortage will be aggravated by soil erosionChristine Alewell0Bruno Ringeval1Cristiano Ballabio2David A. Robinson3Panos Panagos4Pasquale Borrelli5Environmental Geosciences, Department of Environmental Science, University of BaselISPA, Bordeaux Sciences Agro, INRAEEuropean Commission, Joint Research CentreUK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Environment Centre WalesEuropean Commission, Joint Research CentreEnvironmental Geosciences, Department of Environmental Science, University of BaselPhosphorus is an essential nutrient critical for agriculture, but because it is non-renewable its future availability is threatened. Here the authors show that across the globe most nations have net losses of phosphorus, with soil erosion as the major route of loss in Europe, Africa and South America.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18326-7
collection DOAJ
language English
format Article
sources DOAJ
author Christine Alewell
Bruno Ringeval
Cristiano Ballabio
David A. Robinson
Panos Panagos
Pasquale Borrelli
spellingShingle Christine Alewell
Bruno Ringeval
Cristiano Ballabio
David A. Robinson
Panos Panagos
Pasquale Borrelli
Global phosphorus shortage will be aggravated by soil erosion
Nature Communications
author_facet Christine Alewell
Bruno Ringeval
Cristiano Ballabio
David A. Robinson
Panos Panagos
Pasquale Borrelli
author_sort Christine Alewell
title Global phosphorus shortage will be aggravated by soil erosion
title_short Global phosphorus shortage will be aggravated by soil erosion
title_full Global phosphorus shortage will be aggravated by soil erosion
title_fullStr Global phosphorus shortage will be aggravated by soil erosion
title_full_unstemmed Global phosphorus shortage will be aggravated by soil erosion
title_sort global phosphorus shortage will be aggravated by soil erosion
publisher Nature Publishing Group
series Nature Communications
issn 2041-1723
publishDate 2020-09-01
description Phosphorus is an essential nutrient critical for agriculture, but because it is non-renewable its future availability is threatened. Here the authors show that across the globe most nations have net losses of phosphorus, with soil erosion as the major route of loss in Europe, Africa and South America.
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18326-7
work_keys_str_mv AT christinealewell globalphosphorusshortagewillbeaggravatedbysoilerosion
AT brunoringeval globalphosphorusshortagewillbeaggravatedbysoilerosion
AT cristianoballabio globalphosphorusshortagewillbeaggravatedbysoilerosion
AT davidarobinson globalphosphorusshortagewillbeaggravatedbysoilerosion
AT panospanagos globalphosphorusshortagewillbeaggravatedbysoilerosion
AT pasqualeborrelli globalphosphorusshortagewillbeaggravatedbysoilerosion
_version_ 1717755387880407040

Similar Items