When people think about agricultural pollution, they often picture what is easy to see: fertilizer spreaders crossing fields ...

A new study finds that most phosphorus stakeholders – representing a wide swath of industry, agriculture, environmental and policy interests – have significant doubts about the long-term ...

Think about the last meal you ate. Whether it was a plate of pasta, a fresh salad, or a juicy steak, every bite relied on one essential element most people have never even heard of. Phosphorus keeps ...

More efficient use of phosphorus could see limited stocks of the important fertiliser last more than 500 years and boost global food production to feed growing populations. But these benefits will ...

Phosphorus use efficiency (PUE) in potato cultivars is a critical research focus given the dual challenges of increasing food production and safeguarding limited phosphorus resources. Potatoes, with ...

A 60-year study covering 205 countries and regions worldwide has systematically uncovered the evolutionary patterns of nitrogen and phosphorus use efficiency (NUE and PUE) in the four major staple ...

Phosphorus is a nutrient most people rarely think about. Yet it touches almost every aspect of our lives—the food we eat and the water we drink. One of its most common uses is in the form of ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Human Rights Watch expressed concern on Wednesday about the use of incendiary white phosphorous weapons by the U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, saying it ...

Israeli forces have illegally dropped white phosphorus munitions on densely populated residential areas in southern Lebanon, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch. White phosphorus, which ...

White phosphorus munitions—which have purportedly been dropped on Gaza by Israeli forces, who deny the claims—can cause severe burns, lung damage and internal bleeding to those exposed, a video shows.