Along with Europe and North America, East Asia has in the past few decades become one of the three largest nitrogen deposition centers in the world. This can lead to considerable impacts on the ...

A comprehensive review published in Nitrogen Cycling highlights significant advances in understanding the soil nitrogen cycle, emphasizing the critical role of microbial processes and innovative ...

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 ...

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 ...

A photo of seven American bison grazing in Gardiner, Montana, in front of a stone arch Bison graze near Roosevelt Arch, near the north entrance of Yellowstone National Park, in Gardiner, Montana.

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 ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Nitrogen is an essential element for living organisms, needed to build DNA, proteins and chlorophyll. Although nitrogen makes up nearly 80% of the ...