Phosphorus and The Environment | Here We Are Podcast Ep. 396 w/ Dr. Jim Elser

Today we're talking phosphorus, from exploding stars to urine. Dr. Jim Elser is a limnologist, Director of Flathead Lake Biological Station at Yellow Bay, Bierman Professor of Ecology at the University of Montana, and the Director of Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance. Phosphorus is as essential as water, carbon, or oxygen for agriculture and all life on earth. It's also a non-renewable resource with a natural cycle, which is rapidly accelerating due to human activity. But there are promising innovations in the works that can help offset our influence and solve our phosphorus inefficiencies. Learn more from Jim's new book, "Phosphorus: Past and Future" https://global.oup.com/academic/produ... You can also purchase the book here: https://amzn.to/3rfMRpv Jim's Twitter: https://bit.ly/3rfNTBW Thank you for watching and being an inquisitive being. 🅢🅣🅐🅨 🅒🅤🅡🅘🅞🅤🅢 Bite Size Science ▶ https://bit.ly/HWABites Full Episodes of Here We Are ▶ https://bit.ly/FullHWA Beyond science, you can visit my channel for comedy, sketches, psychedelic stories, and more. Subscribe or be eaten by snakes.    / shanemauss314   🆂🅷🅰🅽🅴 🅼🅰🆄🆂🆂 🅸🅽🅵🅾 𝕊𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕄𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕒 Instagram ▶ https://bit.ly/inshane (Silliness and science clips) Patreon ▶ https://bit.ly/PatreonSaint (Behind the scenes, bonus content, and community) Twitter ▶ https://bit.ly/TwittSM (rants in my pants stream of consciousness) Facebook ▶ https://bit.ly/MaussFB (sporadic blogging, jokes, and event announcements) 𝕊𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕖 𝕄𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕤 𝕋𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤, ℂ𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕕𝕪, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕄𝕠𝕣𝕖 ▶ https://bit.ly/shane-mauss Mailing List ▶ https://bit.ly/shanemail 𝕊𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕖 𝕄𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕤 𝔻𝕠𝕔𝕦𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕪 'Psychonautics' ▶ https://bit.ly/Nautics 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐖𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐞: Stand-up comedian, adventurer and science enthusiast Shane Mauss has been interviewing scientists each week since 2014. Originally from La Crosse, Wisconsin this former factory worker skipped college to become a comedian. His stand up has been on Comedy Central, Conan, Kimmel, Showtime, and Epix https://bit.ly/shaneTV . In the age of podcasting, more people might be familiar with him as a guest on Trussell, Holmes, Kreischer, Vaughn, Maron, or Rogan https://bit.ly/shaneguest. Compelled to talk about bigger ideas, he now travels to universities around the world (when there isn't a pandemic) to interview researchers on a journey to learn what makes us who we are...as well as a bunch of other random stuff you never imagined you would care about. Favorite topics include: psychology, biology, evolution, cognitive biases, behavioral economics, mating, animal behavior, neuroscience, entheogens and consciousness. ℙ𝕠𝕕𝕔𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕎𝕖𝕓𝕤𝕚𝕥𝕖 ▶ https://bit.ly/HereWePod Apple Podcasts ▶ https://bit.ly/HWApod Spotify ▶ https://bit.ly/HWAPodcast Stitcher ▶ https://bit.ly/HWAstitch 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 Gain exclusive access to the Shane Mauss Discord server where you can chat with Shane and other likeminded people about a variety of topics while making new friends. Access through Patreon where you can also get bonus content first looks at new projects and more. ▶ https://bit.ly/PatreonSaint 𝕻𝖆𝖙𝖗𝖊𝖔𝖓 𝕾𝖆𝖎𝖓𝖙 If you or your business want to sponsor an episode of Here We Are (50k audio downloads/week), join the community on Patreon ▶ https://bit.ly/PatreonSaint ♥ Partners & Merch ♥ 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 For years I have collaborated with 👢ost 💲ailor 🌛esign to make all my amazing leather merch which until now was only available at live shows. Now not only can you order custom Here We Are journals, keychains, wallets, and belts for the first time but you can get 20% off the entire store only with offer code 'hereweare20' ▶ https://bit.ly/keyshane 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 from YOUR local bookstore. Libro.fm is the only audiobook company that supports the local bookstore of your choice. When you sign up, you pick the independent bookstore partner of your choice, each download is split 50/50 with your bookstore!! Get 2 for the price of one while supporting Here We Are ▶ https://bit.ly/shanebooks If you aren't into audiobooks, please just visit and support your local small bookstore before these treasures are extinct!