Breaking nitrogen while generating methane
Carbon and nitrogen are essential elements of life. Some organisms take up key positions for the cycling of both of ...
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Will climate-change-driven temporal variation in precipitation affect crop yields and reactive nitrogen losses?
Climate change (e.g., global warming) is intensifying the global water cycle and the temporal variation of precipitation has increased significantly. ...
Plants that pull nitrogen from thin air thrive in arid environments
After a comprehensive study of plants across the United States, researchers have arrived at the unexpected conclusion that plants able ...
Researchers call for more work to balance nitrogen cycle
More than 112 years ago, Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch industrialized a process that could produce ammonia from nitrogen readily ...
Novel sewage treatment system removes up to 70% of nitrogen that would otherwise be discarded into nature
A new type of biofilm reactor adapted to Brazilian conditions and using polyurethane foam to lower costs can reduce the ...
How much spring nitrogen to apply? Pre-planting weather may provide a clue
URBANA, Ill. – With the rising cost of nitrogen fertilizer and its impacts on air and water quality, University of Illinois ...
Global decline in nitrogen availability has consequences for many natural ecosystems
Declining nitrogen availability in many terrestrial ecosystems has widespread consequences for biodiversity and ecosystem functioning worldwide. In a Review, Rachel ...
Researchers find declining nitrogen availability in a nitrogen rich world
ANNAPOLIS, MD (April 15, 2022)—Since the mid-20th century, research and discussion has focused on the negative effects of excess nitrogen ...
A multi-institutional research team finds declining nitrogen availability in a nitrogen-rich world
NEW YORK, April 15, 2022 – Since the mid-20th century, research and discussion have focused on the negative effects of ...
The untapped nitrogen reservoir
Guanidine is one of the most nitrogen-rich compounds. It could be a valuable source of organic nitrogen, but only very ...
A critical assessment of the 2006 Abuja Declaration for nitrogen use in Sub-Saharan Africa
In 2006, the Abuja declaration brought together states of the African Union to collectively recommend an increase in fertilizer nitrogen ...
Powerful sensors on planes detect crop nitrogen with high accuracy
URBANA, Ill. – Synthetic nitrogen fertilizers transformed agriculture as we know it during the Green Revolution, catapulting crop yields and ...
Cracking the mystery of nitrogen ice dynamics on Pluto
Sputnik Planitia, a basin on the surface of Pluto1 filled with nitrogen ice, displays an astonishing pattern of flat polygons ...
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Anu, previously gropod, awarded nearly $1 million competitive grant from the National Science Foundation
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International group of scientists warns nuclear radiation has devastating impacts on ecosystems
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New experimental treatment can stop the growth of schwannoma tumors
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Null results research now published by major behavioral medicine journal
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In search of the invisible galaxy
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Latin American and Caribbean researchers detail colonialism in ornithology