Fosforparadoxen

Vi slösar bort ett av livets viktigaste ämnen. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Utan fosfor kan vi inte odla mat som räcker till hela världens befolkning – men använder vi för mycket förstör vi våra vattendrag. Hur har fosfor format världen? Hur riskerar vår överanvändning att förstöra den? Och vad händer om detta livsnödvändiga ämne tar slut?MedverkandeGenevieve Metson - docent i geografi och miljö vid Western UniversityJack Lohmann - författare till boken ”White Light”Faruk Djodjic - docent vid institutionen för vatten och miljö vid SLUBöcker”White Light: The elemental role of phosphorus - in our cells, in our food and in our world” av Jack Lohmann (2025)”The Devil's Element: Phosphorus and a world out of balance” av Dan Egan (2025)Artiklar och klippPlanet Ooze - Jonathan Mingle (NYROB, 2025)Where the Power Is - James Vincent (LRB, 2025)Humanity Is Flushing Away One of Life’s Essential Elements - Julia Rosen (The Atlantic, 2021)Cats, Commerce, and Cemeteries: The Mummified Felines of Beni Hasan - Chris Elliott (The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 2023)Widespread global increase in intense lake phytoplankton blooms since the 1980s - Jeff C. Ho, Anna M. Michalak & Nima Pahlevan (Nature, 2019)Ancient South American Civilizations Bloomed in the Desert Thanks to Seabird Poop - Brian Handwerk (Smithsonian, 2021)Nauru deportation deal set to cost Australia $2.5 billion over 30 years - Maani Truu (ABC, 2025)Leaked Nauru Files Show Horrors of Australia’s Refugee Detention System - Michael Garcia Bochenek (HRW, 2016)“I have seen so many funerals for such a small island”: The astonishing story of Nauru, the tiny island nation with the world’s highest rates of type 2 diabetes (Diabetes.co.uk)‘It’s getting worse’: US failing to stem tide of harmful farm pollutants -  Keith Schneider (Investigative Midwest, 2024)Allvarlig syresituation i Östersjön (SMHI, 2025)Phosphorus Depletion Is An Investment Opportunity - Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn (Forbes, 2025)Norge kan bli en global ledare inom fosfatutvinning (RISE, 2025)Toledo Water Emergency: City's Water Contaminated By Toxins (ABC News, 2014)Hundreds of Thousands Without Water In Toledo, Ohio (ABC News, 2014)Harmful Algal Blooms and Health (CDC, 2024)Revisiting Stuart How the toxic algae crisis has affected the city (The Everglades Foundation, 2018)John's World: Did Norwegians Just Strike Fertilizer Gold? (Farm Journal, 2023)Five Rivers Feedyard (2025)Red tide levels in Tampa Bay at their worst in decades (10 Tampa Bay, 2021)Red tide and algae: How water from Piney Point's phosphate retention pond could impact Tampa Bay (WFLA News Channel 8, 2021)Toxic Florida wastewater reservoir on verge of collapse (CNN, 2021)Catastrophic failure possible at Piney Point phosphogypsum plant (FOX 13 Tampa Bay, 2021)MusikMatt McGinley - Fool's ParadiseCristobal Tapia De Veer - The PublicCliff Martinez - The Birds Are Doing ThatCristobal Tapia De Veer - EstrangedCliff Martinez - I Can't Dig Her OutHelios - Even TodayCristobal Tapia De Veer - Buon GiornoMichael Andrews - Peter And SylvieCliff Martinez - I Got TimeMatt McGinley - 91 ShadowKim Neundorf - Lacero EspressivoPaul Leonard Morgan - OddAllison Leyton Brown - FeatherweightMarcus Bagala - Frets: Problem After ProblemMarcus Bagala - Boxes: Autumnal MopingCliff Martinez - Will She Come Back?Cliff Martinez - I'm In The PinkColin Stetson - Mothers And DaughtersClint Mansell - Finish It (feat: Kronos Quartet)Matt McGinley - Fool's ParadiseMarcus Bagala - Cascading BellsMarcus Bagala - Cascading Bells TooMarcus Bagala - Wires: TangerinesMarcus Bagala - UntitledthingthingPodington Bear - Dry AirBen Salisbury - PlainsongMichael McCann - HomeVince Pope - Who Are YouCliff Martinez - Speight Lived HerePhillip Glass & Paul Leonard Morgan - Running To The LoopJon Brion - CubesPodington Bear - Vibe DriveCliff Martinez - Not Leaving This CircusMatt McGinley - 91 ShadowCliff Martinez - The Birds Are Doing ThatVince Pope - Starting OverSidney Gish - I Eat Salads Now