nitrogen
The Earth Is Facing a Nitrogen Shortage Due to Climate Change, Study Says
Greenhouse gases, among many other pressures, are reducing access to this key nutrient in ecosystems around the world.
A Piece of Mars That Fell in Antarctica Contains Ingredient for Life, Scientists Discover
The new discovery adds to a growing pile of evidence that Mars may have been more hospitable to life in the distant past.
Life On Earth Was Seeded by Massive Collision That Formed the Moon
“The giant impact of a rocky planet was required to deliver the unique composition of life-essential elements to Earth.”
What Happened When I Let a Group of Artists Take Over My Wheat Field
I’ve been farming for 35 years or so and suddenly I was questioning values and decisions that I’d never necessarily thought about.
This Is the Shit: Sewage Could Help Restore Depleted Farmland
Humans produce an average of 900 pounds of feces a year, which could be used to help reverse a global decline in the amount of arable land.
How Blowing Massive Polymer Bubbles Could Help Us Build Structures in Space
The purpose of the bubble is ultimately to create large, extremely thin metallic surfaces to use as a building material in space.
The Farm Runoff Feedback Loop Is Turning Aquifers Radioactive
Researchers have linked spiking groundwater uranium levels to agricultural runoff.
Turns Out Boring Old Lentils Are Surprisingly Radical
During the 1980s farming crisis, a group of renegade Heartland farmers radicalized conventional agriculture with one surprising crop: lentils.
Oklahoma Might Replace Lethal Injections With Nitrogen Gas Chambers
Despite how it sounds, as far as capital punishment plans go, it’s actually a pretty sane choice.
Connecticut-Sized Dead Zones Are Killing Off Fish Worldwide
It’s a bleak time to be a seafood lover: not only is overfishing reducing our menu options, but huge swaths of polluted ocean waters are killing off species, too. And global warming is speeding the process along.
This Australian Guy Wants Your Dirty Fish and Chips Oil
Tropiculture, a horticultural business in Australia’s Northern Territory, is paying local businesses for their used cooking oil and turning it into plant food.