Why Gut Flora Matters More Than You Think! Fish do not digest food alone. Their gut flora helps break down nutrients, improve ...

High levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide intensify climate change, but high carbon dioxide levels can also stimulate plant growth. Plant growth removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, partially ...

Nitrogen is a crucial component of proteins and nucleic acids, the fundamental building blocks of all living things, and thus is essential to life on Earth. Gaseous N2 from the atmosphere can be fixed ...

ON September 2, at the recent British Association meeting in Newcastle, a discussion was held by Section B (Chemistry) on "The Nitrogen Cycle in Nature". Prof. G. R. Clemo, in introducing the ...

UCSB research offers a new perspective on how carbon is stored in the deep ocean and what it could mean for maintaining Earth ...

On his farm in Dawson County, Nebraska, Don Batie is always looking for ways to grow more corn with fewer chemicals. He’s concerned about the health and environmental impacts of excess nitrogen ...

Regina Bailey is a science writer, educator, and board-certified registered nurse. Her work has been featured in "Kaplan AP Biology" and "The Internet for Cellular and Molecular Biologists." Carbon is ...

Biogeochemistry is the study of how chemical elements flow through living systems and their physical environments. It investigates the factors that influence cycles of key elements such as carbon, ...

Robert Kelly is managing director of XTS Energy LLC, and has more than three decades of experience as a business executive. He is a professor of economics and has raised more than $4.5 billion in ...