A group of biogeochemists have shown that a rare form of the gas can act as a fingerprint for microbial nitrogen conversion.

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 ...

Six of our nine planetary boundaries have now been crossed—and industrial agriculture are the main culprit. That is what a team of scientists under Johan Rockström reported in an article published in ...

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 ...

More than 112 years ago, Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch industrialized a process that could produce ammonia from nitrogen readily available in the air, creating commercially viable chemical fertilizer ...