[Coral-List] Peecycling paper

[Jim Hendee]

Greetings, Coral-Listers!

I wasn't sure if people could reach the article on the New York Times if they weren't subscribed (i.e., hit the so-called paywall), so I posted it on my Google Drive, which hopefully you can access if you want to read it:

https://drive.google.com/drive/search?q=peecyclers

Yes, I know this is nothing new (using pee and poop) as fertilizers, it was just the thought that maybe an organized effort by small island nations could bear fruit, so to speak.

Cheers,
Jim

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Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2022 14:06:28 +0000 From: Jim Hendee <Acropora at protonmail.com> To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov Subject: [Coral-List] Peecycling, the Everglades, and Coastal Coral Reefs  I know this sounds crazy, but the thought of [peecycling](https://richearthinstitute.org/) (see work by the [Rich Earth Institute](https://richearthinstitute.org/)) as a means to decrease the load of fertilizers from golf courses, sugar and other crops on Florida's Everglades and coastal coral reefs, sounds like an interesting topic to pursue by small island nations (at least). I don't know how such a research study would be structured (should be interesting!), but hey, we're running out of options! It would be nice to hear that some effort such as this is already underway somewhere in the world. It is my understanding that urine might be more readily absorbed without the "baggage" of other nutrients, as well as chemicals and drugs (another topic widely researched) that come with fertilizers. There's an article in today''s New York Times ("Meet the Peecyclers. Their idea to Help Farmers is #1", June 19, 2022--I've got the article if you can't access it) about the subject. (There has been research by Aliza Szmant and others on the effect of fertilizers on coastal biota, if I remember correctly.) Cheers, Jim _______________________________________________ Coral-List mailing list Coral-List at coral.aoml.noaa.govhttps://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/mailman/listinfo/coral-list