Lightning has long been a fascinating and powerful force of nature, captivating the imagination of humans for centuries.

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 ...

While many of these strikes seem random, they serve an essential function in the nitrogen cycle, one of the key processes that sustain plant life. When lightning strikes, it breaks apart nitrogen ...

This document helps agricultural producers understand how N interacts in the environment through the N cycle to guide maintenance and sustainability of agricultural crop production. The Nitrogen Cycle ...

It does so by mimicking nature’s nitrogen cycle. Lightning breaks apart nitrogen molecules in the atmosphere and converts them into nitrogen oxide fragments. These fragments then fall down as ...

Nitrogen gas makes up 78% of Earth’s atmosphere and is an essential element in amino acids and proteins. However, plants and animals cannot use nitrogen gas directly. Root hair cells have a long ...

Overuse of these chemical fertilizers has led to an upset in the nitrogen cycle and consequently to surface water as well as groundwater pollution. Increased loads of nitrogen fertilizer to ...