Electrocatalytic reduction of nitrate–a step towards a sustainable nitrogen cycle

H Xu, Y Ma, J Chen, W Zhang, J Yang - Chemical society reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Nitrate enrichment, which is mainly caused by the over-utilization of fertilisers and industrial
sewage discharge, is a major global engineering challenge because of its negative …

Evidence, causes, and consequences of declining nitrogen availability in terrestrial ecosystems

RE Mason, JM Craine, NK Lany, M Jonard, SV Ollinger… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The productivity of ecosystems and their capacity to support life depends on access to
reactive nitrogen (N). Over the past century, humans have more than doubled the global …

Exploring global changes in agricultural ammonia emissions and their contribution to nitrogen deposition since 1980

L Liu, W Xu, X Lu, B Zhong, Y Guo… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Global gains in food production over the past decades have been associated with
substantial agricultural nitrogen overuse and ammonia emissions, which have caused …

From planetary to regional boundaries for agricultural nitrogen pollution

LF Schulte-Uebbing, AHW Beusen, AF Bouwman… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Excessive agricultural nitrogen use causes environmental problems globally, to an extent
that it has been suggested that a safe planetary boundary has been exceeded. Earlier …

The marine nitrogen cycle: new developments and global change

DA Hutchins, DG Capone - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2022 - nature.com
The ocean is home to a diverse and metabolically versatile microbial community that
performs the complex biochemical transformations that drive the nitrogen cycle, including …

A single-site iron catalyst with preoccupied active centers that achieves selective ammonia electrosynthesis from nitrate

P Li, Z Jin, Z Fang, G Yu - Energy & environmental science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The necessity to pursue sustainable ammonia (NH3) production with economic and
environment-friendly technologies is growing with the global development aim of future …

Urea catalytic oxidation for energy and environmental applications

X Gao, S Zhang, P Wang, M Jaroniec… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Urea is one of the most essential reactive nitrogen species in the nitrogen cycle and plays
an indispensable role in the water-energy-food nexus. However, untreated urea or urine …

Globally nitrogen addition alters soil microbial community structure, but has minor effects on soil microbial diversity and richness

X Wang, J Feng, G Ao, W Qin, M Han, Y Shen… - Soil Biology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Globally increasing nitrogen (N) deposition is recognized as an important regulator of soil
microbial communities. However, how N enrichment affects soil microbial diversity, richness …

[HTML][HTML] Fate of nitrogen in agriculture and environment: agronomic, eco-physiological and molecular approaches to improve nitrogen use efficiency

M Anas, F Liao, KK Verma, MA Sarwar, A Mahmood… - Biological research, 2020 - Springer
Nitrogen is the main limiting nutrient after carbon, hydrogen and oxygen for photosynthetic
process, phyto-hormonal, proteomic changes and growth-development of plants to complete …

Integrated biochar solutions can achieve carbon-neutral staple crop production

L Xia, L Cao, Y Yang, C Ti, Y Liu, P Smith… - Nature Food, 2023 - nature.com
Agricultural food production is a main driver of global greenhouse gas emissions, with
unclear pathways towards carbon neutrality. Here, through a comprehensive life-cycle …