Nitrogen is an important component of the global environment, affecting agriculture, climate, human health, and ecosystems.

In the nitrogen cycle, phytoplankton and other marine plants turn nitrate (NO 3) into organic nitrogen during photosynthesis. The organic nitrogen sinks into the deep ocean, where microbes "eat" the ...

Nitrogen-based fertilizers are essential for modern agriculture, and compounds like ammonia and urea are also widely used in ...

After more than a decade of research and collaboration, researchers from Michigan Technological University, Baylor University and Boston University have discovered that inland and coastal aquatic ...

The salad on your plate may owe its existence to a thunderstorm. Many people are wary of lightning as a natural phenomenon. A ...

Dr. Tanja Stratmann’s project, titled “Nitrogen Cycling in Modern Sponges with Clues About Their Role in Past Oceans” (SPYCLING for short), focuses on marine sponges as representatives of the oldest ...

Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences, Vol. 368, No. 1621, The global nitrogen cycle in the twenty-first century (5 July 2013), pp. 1-10 (10 pages) Reactive nitrogen (N r ) is removed by ...

Wetlands are an important part of the ecological system, providing a myriad of benefits for people, wildlife, and the environment. They also serve as "nature's kidneys," filtering out pollutants from ...

Scientists have found nitrogen-fixing microbes beneath Arctic sea ice, potentially reshaping climate and nutrient models if ...