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Did Norwegians just strike fertilizer gold? 

In the video published on June 24, 2023, by Farm Journal, as “John’s World: Did Norwegians Just Strike Fertilizer Gold?” below:

This video is about the discovery of a massive phosphate rock deposit in Norway. The European Union has hailed the discovery as great news. The deposit is located in the Trondheim region and is estimated to contain 120 million tonnes of phosphate rock. The deposit is expected to be a significant source of phosphate for Europe’s agriculture sector and reduce the EU’s dependence on imports from countries such as Morocco and Russia, in the video published on July 4, 2023, by World Report, as “World’s largest Phosphate deposit discovered in Norway“, below:

Phosphorus provides the foundation of civilization, even if you don’t recognize it. Help us share this story about humankind and a remarkable resource, in the video published on Nov 14, 2014, by wpsu, as “The Phosphorous Paradox“, below:

CEO of First Phosphate (CSE: PHOS | FSE: KD0) lithium provides a deep dive into the importance of phosphate to the battery industry, along with phosphate geology, mining methodology and supply/demand fundamentals. John also gives an overview of First Phosphate and their role in providing high-grade material for the Lithium Iron Phosphate battery sector, in the video published on May 8, 2023, by Commodity Culture, as “Why Phosphate is One of the Most Critical Battery Minerals: John Passalacqua“, below:

Phosphate is an essential element that has been overused in plant fertilizers to increase crop yields in farming. La Trobe University Professor Jim Whelan presents a miniature documentary explaining how phosphate is critical to supporting all life on earth and the impending crisis that looms if we fail to address the issue quickly to find solutions, in the video published on Sep 29, 2016, by La Trobe University, as “Phosphate: a story of plants, science and our survival“, below:

Valuable resource. Environmental scourge. Phosphorus gold mine. Chicken manure is all these things at once. There are thousands of chicken houses sandwiched between the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean producing tons upon tons of chicken manure. In this episode of Speaking of Chemistry, we see how farmers and researchers are coming together to mitigate manure’s environmental risk and to maximize its value, in the video published on Jan 24, 2018, by Chemical & Engineering News, as “How (and why) scientists are mining manure for phosphorous – Speaking of Chemistry“, below:

Life as we know it literally cannot exist without phosphorus. Phosphorus is one of the six main chemical elements of life, along with carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur. It forms the structural support backbone of DNA, connecting these molecules’ genetic bases in the familiar double helix. It is vital to both animal metabolism and plant photosynthesis because it is involved in the generation of life’s fundamental fuel: adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the energy that powers growth and movement. Phosphorus is also part of living architecture – it’s in the phospholipids that make up the cell walls, as well as the bones and teeth of vertebrates, and the exoskeletons of insects, in the video published on March 19, 2021, by swrm, as “Phosphorous and Sustainability: Ingredients Needed for Life“, below:

Dr. Christine Jones turns our perception of phosphorus upside down with this presentation on available phosphorus in our soils, in the video published on April 8, 2021, by Green Cover Seed, as “”The Phosphorous Paradox” with Dr. Christine Jones (Part 2/4)“, below: