Nitrogen is one of the primary nutrients critical for the survival ... exerting an ever-increasing impact on the global nitrogen cycle. Human activities, such as making fertilizers and burning ...

Can I Test My Soil for Nitrogen? Unlike other plant nutrients, most laboratories do not routinely test soil for N because the N cycle is very dynamic. The dynamic nature of the N cycle means that the ...

An important topic in our research is the cycling of nutrients within lake ecosystems. This is because in a large number of lakes, the internal cycling of nutrients regulates the water quality and ...

Ohio State Extension educator Heather Neikirk explains how the ecosystems within healthy soil work to keep it healthy.

Communities of microbes (microbiomes), particularly in soils, can be startlingly diverse, with as many as 10,000 species in ...

The Arabian/Persian Gulf represents one of the most extreme marine ecosystems globally, shaped by its high salinity, temperature fluctuations, and limited water exchange. This semi-enclosed basin, ...