Perhaps the authors didn't read up on available reserves and whatnot before coming up with such a dramatic title?
In 2021, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) estimated that economically extractable phosphate rock reserves worldwide are 71 billion tons, while world mining production in 2020 was 223 million tons.[5] Assuming zero growth, the reserves would thus last for 260 years. Source - Patagraph 7
Phosphorus shortages could cause a global catastrophe unlike anything we've ever
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