Mangroves clean up $8.7 billion of nitrogen pollution every year, study finds
Mangrove forests around the world provide a largely overlooked nitrogen-pollution cleanup service — one that, if humans had to pay for it, would cost $8.7...
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Microbes in Iceland are hoarding nitrogen, and that’s mucking up the nutrient cycle
As high-latitude soils warm, microbes in the soil change how they handle nutrients like nitrogen. Normally, these microbes are nitrogen recyclers, pulling it from the...
‘Nitrogen fixing’ trees could help tropical forests bounce back, research suggests
An extra helping of nitrogen can double the growth of tropical trees in a recovering forest, vastly boosting the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) they...