When you feel a refreshing breeze on your cheeks, it is mostly nitrogen molecules swishing past. Our ecosystems naturally cycle nitrogen ... you up to date with New Scientist events and special ...

Such nitrogen fixation, as it is known, is a fundamental limit on plant growth and an essential nutrient for all life. Yet, this critically important cycle remains poorly understood. "We don't ...

An international group of scientists say there is an immediate need for a global assessment of the nitrogen cycle and its impact on climate. An international group of scientists say there is an ...

So other microbes “denitrify” ecosystems, converting the element back into forms not available for living things. This is the nitrogen cycle ... up to date with New Scientist events and ...

“My tattoo ... back; the more nitrogen they are given, the less efficient they get at converting it. As the world’s population grows and releases more nitrogen, the hidden parts of its cycle ...

Scientists have found fixed forms of nitrogen in Mars. This suggests that there may have been a nitrogen cycle sometime in Mars' past. The detection has been verified through analyses of samples ...

In today’s Academic Minute, Dr. Erick Galbraith of McGill University explains how climate change could alter ocean currents and the marine nitrogen cycle. Eric Galbraith is an assistant ...

AMES, Iowa – Excess nitrogen gives an advantage to early season plants in Midwestern prairies, leading to further changes in prairie ecosystems, according to a recently published study from an Iowa ...