Ep. 66 Phosphorous, Publishing, and Existential Dread

Grace, Jon, and Jeff are talking the phosphorous cycle in part one of a multipart radio play about the often forgotten element cycle. The gang also revisit five questions, debate Chacos, and delve into a fascinating hypothetical scenario regarding publishing. What if you could only write a specific number of papers? How would that change the science you do? (This episode was recorded in October, 2019. Sorry for the delay!)

Notes:
Marklein and Houlton (2012) "Nitrogen inputs accelerate phosphorus cycling rates across a wide variety of terrestrial ecosystems"  In New Phytologist
Vitousek et al. (2010) "Terrestrial phosphorus limitation: mechanisms, implications, and nitrogen–phosphorus interactions" In Ecological Applications
What is phosphatase? 
Phosphate Mining in the US

Music:
The Jayhawks - "Tomorrow the Green Grass"
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - "Blue Green Olga"

Courtesy of Dr. Wilkinson herself, these vials show just a little bit of the effects of too much P.