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 ...

Rice production is heavily dependent on nitrogen fertilizers, particularly in China, where application rates are two to three ...

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 ...

How does climate change influence the planet’s nitrogen cycle? This is what a recent study published in Nitrogen Cycling hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated climate change’s impact ...

Human activities have dramatically altered the Earth’s nitrogen cycle since the Industrial Revolution, driving pollution, biodiversity loss, and climate feedbacks. A new scientific review highlights ...

Addressing Global Nitrogen Challenges Nitrogen is an essential nutrient for plant productivity, yet its overuse in synthetic fertilizers often results in significant environmental problems such as ...

What can volcanism on the early Earth teach us about the formation of life on our planet? This is what a recent study published in Nature Communications hopes to address as an international team of ...

In a new study, researchers have determined through both statistical analysis and in experiments that soil pH is a driver of microbial community composition -- but that the need to address toxicity ...

Intro; Foreword; Preface; Contents; About the Editors; Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in Agroecosystems: An Overview; 1 Introduction; 2 Soil Organic Carbon (SOC): A Crucial Component of Carbon Cycle; 3 ...

A landmark study by the Chinese Academy of Sciences has found that 72–75% of nitrogen gas emissions from rice paddies come from soil organic nitrogen, not fertilizers. Using advanced isotope tracing ...