Nitrogen is one of the primary nutrients critical for the survival of all living organisms. Although nitrogen is very abundant in the atmosphere, it is largely inaccessible in this form to most ...

The term greenhouse gas often brings carbon dioxide (CO2) to mind, and rightly so, as it is a key contributor to rising ...

This document helps agricultural producers understand how N interacts in the environment through the N cycle to guide maintenance and sustainability of agricultural crop production. The Nitrogen Cycle ...

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 ...

Introduction The ammonia is traditionally procured from energy-intensive and fossil fuels, contributing to greenhouse gas emissions. Most carbo ...

Fieldwork and competition (CCEA) Ecological relationships and energy flow (CCEA) The carbon cycle and decomposition (CCEA) Global warming, human activity and biodiversity (CCEA) ...

Moreover, the global magnitude and the distribution of ... expected to have indirect and delayed impact on the oceanic nitrogen cycle compared to that of cyanobacteria. These insights may be ...

Overuse of these chemical fertilizers has led to an upset in the nitrogen cycle and consequently to ... their contribution to global nitrogen fixation rates is generally considered minor.

Princeton University and Xiamen University researchers report that in tropical and subtropical oligotrophic waters, ocean ...

It should also decrease N 2 O gas emissions and nitrate leaching from agricultural land, creating a healthier global nitrogen cycle.