Phosphorus
Phosphorus is a chemical element with the symbol P and atomic number 15. Elemental phosphorus exists in two major forms, white phosphorus and red phosphorus, but because it is highly reactive, phosphorus is never found as a free element on Earth. It has a concentration in the Earth's crust of about one gram per kilogram (compare copper at about 0.06 grams). In minerals, phosphorus generally occurs as phosphate. Elemental phosphorus was first isolated as white phosphorus in 1669. White phosphorus emits a faint glow when exposed to oxygen – hence the name, taken from Greek mythology, Φωσφόρος meaning "light-bearer" (Latin …
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Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network · 12 May 2024 English
Al Shabaka Resources
father clutching his child burned alive by white phosphorus, a child digging through the rubble of her home …
World Bank Group · 7 May 2024 English
Land use plays a pivotal role in Uzbekistan’s development, and embracing sustainable agriculture offers a promising pathway to achieving middle-income status. This report aims to identify hotspots of land degradation …
Grouping of soils by amounts of mobile nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and humus, mg/kg...........57 Table …
World Bank Group · 6 May 2024 English
The global agrifood system has been largely overlooked in the fight against climate change. Yet, greenhouse gas emissions from the agrifood system are so big that they alone could cause …
per million species-years; N = nitrogen; P = phosphorus. a. 2009 b. 2015 Three boundaries crossed Four …
World Bank Group · 6 May 2024 English
The global agrifood system has been largely overlooked in the fight against climate change. Yet, greenhouse gas emissions from the agrifood system are so big that they alone could cause …
per million species-years; N = nitrogen; P = phosphorus. UNCORRECTED PROOF: NOT FOR CITATION Recipe …
World Bank Group · 6 May 2024 English
The global agrifood system has been largely overlooked in the fight against climate change. Yet, greenhouse gas emissions from the agrifood system are so big that they alone could cause …
per million species-years; N = nitrogen; P = phosphorus. a. 2009 b. 2015 Three boundaries crossed Four …
DGAP: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik · 6 May 2024 English
The geopolitical contestation over disruptive technolo- created favourable conditions for a further increase in gies between the United States (US) and the People’s the global market share of Chinese technology …
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Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network · 4 May 2024 English
Al Shabaka Resources
Israeli regime have been–from raining down white phosphorus on entire neighborhoods to burning Palestinian … org/report/2009/03/25/rain-fire/israels-unlawful-use-white-phosphorus-gaza https://www.hrw.org/report/2009/03/25/r … ain-fire/israels-unlawful-use-white-phosphorus-gaza https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2023/2/27/phot …
OEP: Office for Environmental Protection · 3 May 2024 English
A review of implementation of the Water Framework Directive Regulations and River Basin Management Planning in England A review of implementation of the Water Framework Directive Regulations and River Basin …
2020 were reduced by 80% for ammonia, 68% for phosphorus and 55% for biochemical oxygen demand (which … For instance, ammonia, dissolved oxygen and phosphorus are at 92%, 82% and 45% respectively. The Plan … -b3-supporting-evidence bodies also fail for phosphorus and nitrogen pollution. Nitrate is the largest … a picture of improvement, with pressures from phosphorus (including phosphate) remaining significant on … Audit Committee (n 140) 81; Environment Agency, ‘Phosphorus and Freshwater Eutrophication Pressure Narrative’ …
EU: European Union · 3 May 2024 Italian
lowering our dependence on imports of phosphate or phosphorus rock. We will be dependant on different sources …
Amnesty International · 3 May 2024 English
The Lebanese authorities must stop using criminal defamation laws as a weapon to harass, intimidate and attack journalists and critics.
Lebanon: Evidence of Israel’s unlawful use of white phosphorus in southern Lebanon as cross-border hostilities …
