SCOPE 128 newsletter science special on phosphorus

One of the European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform (ESPP)’s objectives is to be a hub for networking, for exchange of information and for interaction between research and industry. This SCOPE special edition aims to identify and summarise some of the most significant, recent, scientific publications into phosphorus stewardship. The following list of papers are summarised.

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New books on P- recovery and P-removal
Phosphorus supply, trade and prices
- Understanding the phosphorus supply chain
- Phosphorus price fluctuations and food prices
- Uncertainties in phosphate rock production data
- Changes in phosphate rock quality and mining efficiency
- Understanding the 2008 phosphate price peak
- Agri-food trade leads to phosphorus vulnerabilities
Phosphorus recycling and processing
- Resource recovery and global sanitation implementation
- Potential for improved efficiency in phosphoric acid production
- Reviews of technical phosphorus recovery routes
- Estimated costs of phosphorus recovery
Research needs
- Organic phosphorus in soils
- Research needs for agriculture with lower phosphorus losses
- Research into phosphorus in agriculture and ecosystems
- Final report EIP-AGRI Focus Group on Nutrient Recycling
- US Phosphorus Research Coordination Network conclusions
Phosphorus flows, footprints and use scenarios
- Overview of world phosphorus flows and challenges
- Nutrient management scenarios for Austria
- Increasing phosphorus use and impacts in China
- Urban sewage phosphorus flow case studies
- Policies, phosphorus flows & crop efficiencies in Switzerland
- How much could phosphorus use be reduced?
Discussion papers
- Overview of sustainable phosphorus use in society
- Co-benefits of phosphorus recycling
- Phosphorus ecosystem services conceptual model
- Tools and indicators
- Proposals for global phosphorus governance
Eutrophication and phosphorus in the environment
- Tomorrow’s eutrophication challenges in Europe
- Climate change impacts on agricultural phosphorus losses
- Increases in phosphorus losses to and retention in freshwaters
- Soil phosphorus balances for three river major river basins
- Agricultural phosphorus losses and water protection policies
Agricultural systems and policies
- Improving phosphorus efficiency in livestock production
- Organic phosphorus forms in soils under different uses
- Review of science on soil phosphorus activators
- Global big data and the need for locally specific farm P policies
- Phosphorus offtake threatens sustainability of grasslands
Fertilisers, yields and soil phosphorus (“legacy P”)
- Can crop yield be maintained at lower soil phosphorus levels?
- World cereal production losses due to phosphorus limitations
- Long-term field studies of phosphorus fertilisatios
- Soil legacy phosphorus overview
- Vermont: an example of unsustainable soil P accumulation
- Potential for soil P drawdown and P loss reduction
- Legacy soil phosphorus and critical soil P
- Build-up of soil phosphorus during the twentieth century
Phosphorus in food and phosphorus applications
- Overview of phosphorus, nitrogen and health impacts
- Dietary phosphorus and health
- Impact of diet on phosphorus sustainability
- Calcium phosphates reference work updated

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