Tuesday, 29 Apr 2025
The Good and the Bad of Altering the Global Nitrogen Cycle
Fobes Ronald Lecture in Environmental Conservation Nitrogen is a major building block of all life on Earth but throughout history, has been a major limiting nutrient for the growth of plants and animals. This changed in the 20th century with the industrial manufacture of nitrogen fertilizer. The Green Revolution, stimulated by synthetic nitrogen fertilizers, has increased human quality of life and stimulated population increases...