PHOSPHORUS: A local journey in a global cycle

Phosphorus is an essential nutrient for all life and a vital fertiliser for food production globally. Without it, we wouldn’t be able to feed the world’s population, but it’s a finite resource that is mined as phosphate rock in only a few countries. However, globally our current phosphorus use is inefficient. Phosphorus that is lost is not only a waste of this valuable resource but can cause environmental problems such eutrophication and algal blooms.
Here we tell the Lancashire story of phosphorus, putting this global cycle into a local context.
This film was made as part of #Phosphorus350.
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Written by Shane Rothwell, Alison Cahn, Rachel Marshall, Kirsty Forber, Ali Birkett and Stephen Thackeray. Narrated by Shane Rothwell. Filmed and edited by Frances Bowen.
Thanks to Glasson Fertilisers, Wallings, United Utilities, and Myerscough College for filming locations.
Video produced by Forgebank Films www.forgebankf...
Funders:
N8 AgriFood - www.n8agrifood...
Lancaster University - www.lancaster....
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - www.ceh.ac.uk/