Background Pollution of water sources, largely from wide-scale agricultural fertilizer use has
resulted in nitrate and nitrite contamination of drinking water. The effects on human health of …

The nitrogen (N)-use efficiency of agricultural plants is notoriously poor. Globally, about 50%
of the N fertilizer applied to cropping systems is not absorbed by plants, but lost to the …

The massive use of fertilizers during the last decades allowed a great increase in the global
capacity of food production. However, in the last years, several studies highlight the …

Global agricultural feeds over 7 billion people, but is also a leading cause of environmental
degradation. Understanding how alternative agricultural production systems, agricultural …

In water resource management and pollution control research, prediction of nitrate
concentration in groundwater gets utmost priority in the last few years. Thus, our current …

Increased inputs of reactive nitrogen (N) by fertiliser production cause adverse effects on
terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems as well as human health, through impacts on air, soil and …

We hypothesize that biological diversification across ecological, spatial, and temporal scales
maintains and regenerates the ecosystem services that provide critical inputs—such as …

Nitrogen oxides (NO x= NO+ NO2) are a primary component of air pollution—a leading
cause of premature death in humans and biodiversity declines worldwide. Although …

Cultural eutrophication has become the primary water quality issue for most of the
freshwater and coastal marine ecosystems in the world. However, despite extensive …

Humans continue to transform the global nitrogen cycle at a record pace, reflecting an
increased combustion of fossil fuels, growing demand for nitrogen in agriculture and …