Phosphate Mining Video – Elementary School
Phosphate Mining Video – Elementary School
Phosphate is the “P” in N-P-K; one of three macronutrients that plants need to thrive. Complete with sweeping shots of reclamation land, up-close footage of a dragline in action, and colorful animation of ancient sea life, the Foundation’s new Phosphate Mining video shows students the amazing process of mining phosphate and its importance for global food security. For instance, did you know the largest phosphate deposits in North America lie in the Bone Valley Region of central Florida? Furthermore, Georgia, Idaho, Montana, North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, Utah, and Wyoming also have significant phosphate deposits. Scientists believe these large phosphate deposits formed from the skeletons and decomposition of sea creatures that lived during the Miocene period more than 20 million years ago. http://www.nutrientsforlife.org/
sources on the environmental consequences of phosphate mining:
https://www.sarasotamagazine.com/articles/2017/4/26/florida-phosphate
https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/phosphate_mining/
https://e360.yale.edu/features/phosphate_a_critical_resource_misused_and_now_running_out
PROPAGANDA
Thank fossil fuels for powering the mining machinery, and the trucks and trains which transport the phosphate. Fossil fuels provided the energy to make the steel used to make the equipment.
untreated phosphate rock didn’t work on alkaline soil structure
When phosphate rock is treated with sulfuric acid and other chemicals, it dissolves easily in water, flows into rivers and streams and kills fish and other aquatic life. Farmers can also put untreated phosphate rock directly on their fields and with a little patience, it becomes a natural, slow-release fertilizer.
Don’t believe this propaganda. This process is polluting agronomic lands and devastating the environments connected to water systems and its wildlife.
Doesnt explain how phosphate is obtained not what the description says
interesting… how can we produce fertilizers if there isn’t any Phosphor?
The beige dust they put on farmers field in springtime is Phosphate or Potash?
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Great video!
they mix that phosph with 37% ammonium nitrate…. you can get in a-lot of trouble hiding this industrial fertilizers