News tagged with nitrogen pools

Prairie soil organic matter shown to be resilient under intensive agriculture

(PhysOrg.com) -- A recent study has confirmed that although there was a large reduction of organic carbon and total nitrogen pools when prairies were first cultivated and drained, there has been no consistent pattern in these ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 15, 2009 | popularity 1.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0




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A 'natural' solution for transportation

As the United States transitions away from a primarily petroleum-based transportation industry, a number of different alternative fuel sources—ethanol, biodiesel, electricity and hydrogen—have each ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (7) | comments 22

Biodiversity enhances ecosystems global drylands: researchers

An international team of researchers including Dr. Bertrand Boeken of the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev suggest in a new study that plant biodiversity preservation is ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Solutions for a nitrogen-soaked world

Nitrogen is both an essential nutrient and a pollutant, a byproduct of fossil fuel combustion and a fertilizer that feeds billions, a benefit and a hazard, depending on form, location, and quantity. Agriculture, industry ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers create first of its kind gene map of sulfate-reducing bacterium

Critical genetic secrets of a bacterium that holds potential for removing toxic and radioactive waste from the environment have been revealed in a study by researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists establish cell cultures of endangered frog

San Diego Zoo Global Wildlife Conservancy scientists have taken a tremendous leap forward in banking viable amphibian cells. This was achieved through the first successful establishment of cell cultures from frozen biopsy ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Amino acid alphabet soup

All life on Earth relies on a standard set of 20 amino acids to build the proteins that carry out life's essential actions. But did it have to be this way?

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 19, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

TEPCO to open second Fukushima reactor building

Tokyo Electric Power Co. said it will open a second reactor building at the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant to send repair crews inside for the first time since it was crippled.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jun 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

First analysis of invasive plant impacts worldwide

This week the scientific journal Ecology Letters has published a synthesis of the ecological impacts of invasive plants worldwide. This global analysis has been based on more than one thousand studies that in total descri ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Can biochar help suppress greenhouse gases?

Nitrous oxide is a potent greenhouse gas and a precursor to compounds that contribute to the destruction of the ozone. Intensively managed, grazed pastures are responsible for an increase in nitrous oxide emissions from grazing ...

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created Apr 20, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Japan nuclear firm sees 'cold shutdown' in 6-9 mths

The operator of Japan's tsunami-hit nuclear plant said Sunday it aims to reduce radiation leaks within three months and to achieve a "cold shutdown" within six to nine months.

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created Apr 17, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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