Nitrogen may not get the same level of attention as its neighbors on the periodic table, carbon and oxygen. But like its neighbors, it’s an element we can’t live without. When agricultural runoff ...

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 ...

Biogeochemists have shown that rare doubly heavy nitrogen-15 molecules act as a natural fingerprint of microbial nitrogen removal, offering a new way to measure hidden losses in groundwater, lakes and ...

Nitrogen is an important component of the global environment, affecting agriculture, climate, human health, and ecosystems. The role of the nitrogen cycle has become more widely appreciated, yet Earth ...

Nitrogen may not get the same level of attention as its neighbors on the periodic table, carbon and oxygen. But like its neighbors, it's an element we can't live without. Nitrogen compounds have ...

Soil erosion is widely known for degrading land and reducing agricultural productivity. But new research shows it may also play a far more complex and important role in regulating the global nitrogen ...

One of the most important elements for life on Earth, nitrogen makes up 78 per cent of the air we breathe and provides vital nourishment for plants to grow. However, modern life is causing ...

Excess nitrogen is an issue in some places, but lack of the element is also an issue elsewhere, research shows. Since the mid-20th century, research and discussion has focused on the negative effects ...

Nitrogen fertilizer: an essential component of increased food, feed and fiber production / Arvin R. Mosier, J. Keith Syers, John R. Freney -- Crop, environmental, and management factors affecting ...

Climate change is not only warming the planet and disrupting rainfall, it is also quietly rewiring the way nitrogen moves through the world’s croplands, forests, and grasslands. This hidden shift in ...

Nitrogen is one of life's building blocks, but it's only helpful in the right amounts. Too much nitrogen in water, for example, can lead to poor water quality and the gradual death of aquatic ...