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Science Editorial 26 March 1999 “A Potential Phosphate Crisis” Philip H. Abelson Scientist extraordinaire. Nauru. PEAK P?. World. USA. By 2050 we will run out of “Rock Phosphate”. Nauru: “P Capital” of the World. I  P !. P. Biofuels. Agriculture. Energy security.

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Nauru

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  1. Science Editorial 26 March 1999 “A Potential Phosphate Crisis” Philip H. Abelson Scientist extraordinaire Nauru PEAK P? World USA By 2050 we will run out of “Rock Phosphate”

  2. Nauru: “P Capital” of the World

  3. I  P ! P Biofuels Agriculture Energy security Food security Human survival P is a non-renewable, limiting resource

  4. RESULTS • Add N + P + Si + Fe + vitamins → bloom • No surprises there! • Chl a and c increase, divinyl chl a/b do not • A “diatom” bloom! • Eukaryotic algae outgrow their predators + nutrients control

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