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Geotimes July 2007 Kathryn Hansen	Ancient Ocean Burps A sediment core extracted from the ocean floor off the coast of Baja, Calif., indicates two "burps" of carbon dioxide were once released from a deep, stagnant part of the ocean.
Chemistry World August 5, 2010 Simon Hadlington	Nitrogenase found to be a two-trick pony An enzyme whose job is to convert nitrogen gas to ammonia - a process known as nitrogen fixation - can also reduce carbon monoxide US researchers have discovered.
Geotimes November 2007 Carolyn Gramling	Acid Rain Alters Coastal Waters Excess carbon dioxide, sulfur and nitrogen from fossil fuel burning, agricultural runoff and other human sources are changing ocean chemistry -- and that impact is especially pronounced along the coasts, new research suggests.
Reactive Reports Issue 31 David Bradley	Ammonia for the primordial brew A newly discovered nitrogen-fixation reaction may have played a role in the emergence of life, according to German researchers.
Geotimes May 2007 Kathryn Hansen	Yellowstone Fires Leave Microbes Nitrogen-Hungry Researchers hot on the trail of severe fires in Yellow-stone National Park have found that the nitrogen in forest soils can be greatly affected by such fires, which occur within the region once every few hundred years, and kill most of a forest's trees.
BusinessWeek April 14, 2011 Jon Birger	The Battle Royale for Supercorn Corn that doesn't need so much nitrogen could cut America's $8-billion-a-year fertilizer bill, send less pollution into the water and less carbon into the air. Meet the scientists trying to build a better kernel
Geotimes October 2005 Naomi Lubick	Moon Soil, Earth Air? Apollo astronauts brought back samples of soil from the moon that contained unexpectedly high levels of nitrogen. New research is shedding light on the anomaly.
Geotimes December 2004 Sara Pratt	Acidic Waters Threaten Sea Life High acidity in the world's oceans may be threatening coral populations, such as those in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
Science News May 15, 2004 Janet Raloff	Marsh Farming for Profit and the Common Good Some environmental groups are considering support of a whole new class of farming that is essentially wetlands management.
Chemistry World April 9, 2009 Lewis Brindley	'Nickel famine' caused ancient oxygen rise A crucial increase in atmospheric oxygen that occurred around 2.4 billion years ago could have been triggered by a shortage of nickel in the oceans, according to Canadian researchers.
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Chemistry World October 2009	Agriculture's call for chemistry Decades of underinvestment in agricultural research have taken their toll but now is the time to bring in young scientists to find new ways to feed the world.
Chemistry World October 31, 2012 James Mitchell Crow	Nitrogen does diamond Nitrogen will form an unusual cage-like structure when subjected to high pressures, an international team of researchers has calculated.
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Chemistry World June 4, 2007 Lewis Brindley	Some Pesticides Can Reduce Soil Fertility Some pesticides developed to boost crop yields could be doing the opposite in the long term, report US researchers.
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Chemistry World September 27, 2012 Charlie Quigg	Cheaper component for greenhouse gas reduction catalyst Scientists from China have replaced the tungsten oxide in a widely used greenhouse gas reduction catalyst with iron oxide, which improves the selectivity and reduces the cost of the catalyst.
Chemistry World July 13, 2012 Simon Hadlington	Where did Earth's water come from? One big question that remains unanswered about the evolution of the early Earth is how volatiles such as hydrogen, nitrogen and carbon arrived -- their presence being crucial to the origins of water and life.
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Geotimes September 2006 Jennifer Yauck	Hurricanes Intensify Red Tides Off Gulf Four hurricanes hit Florida in 2004, dousing the state with some of its heaviest rainfall in more than three decades. All of that water, a team of researchers says, may have set the stage for a large "red tide" off the state's west-central coast in 2005.
Chemistry World November 10, 2011 David Bradley	A soluble solution to the Haber process? A clearer understanding of the activity of the key component of the Haber-Bosch process - the catalyst - could help to optimize industrial nitrogen fixation still further and remove the need for high temperatures and pressures.
Geotimes July 2003 Tim Palucka	Lightning implicated in ozone over Africa About five years ago, atmospheric scientists studying ozone concentrations over equatorial Africa and the southern hemisphere of the tropical Atlantic came across a puzzling situation. Unexpectedly high levels of ozone in southern Africa were finally explained by an overlooked phenomenon: lightning.
Chemistry World June 15, 2009 James Urquhart	Meteorite sheds light on birth of the solar system French and Italian scientists have analysed a meteorite and discovered that it contains a unique and primordial rock fragment
Reactive Reports May 2007 David Bradley	Windows Cause Pollution According to researchers, the grime that accumulates on windows, buildings, roads, and other urban surfaces could be an important source of nitrogen oxide air pollutants.
The Motley Fool December 21, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Terra Nitrogen Grew Like Gangbusters in 2011 The fertilizer company has capitalized on the strong environment for the agricultural industry, turning high crop prices into a major profit opportunity.
Geotimes March 2003 Greg Peterson	Trading water pollution Advocates say water quality trading fits management like a glove, offering both flexibility and efficiency. Critics argue, however, that trading may create local water problems in rivers and restricts the public's participation in managing its water resources.
Chemistry World February 27, 2015 Vicki Marshall	Petrified beetles Scientists in Germany have successfully preserved delicate structural details in scarab beetles by using an ionic polymer to drive carbonization.
Geotimes February 2004	Call for ocean policy overhaul America needs a new ocean policy. That's the message coming out of several sessions at last week's meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences which focused on the health of America's oceans.
Chemistry World July 24, 2012 Andrew Turley	UK urged to clean up London air Nitrogen dioxide levels are as bad in London as they are in Beijing, the last city to host the Summer Olympic Games and one with an at best dubious air quality record, according to a report from UK think tank Policy Exchange.
Chemistry World January 7, 2011 Jon Cartright	New molecule could propel rockets The largest nitrogen oxide molecule discovered to date could function as a rocket propellant, according to chemists in Sweden who have synthesised it for the first time.
Searcher Nov/Dec 2003 David Mattison	Information on the Seven Seas: International Ocean Science Web Resources (Part 2) A look at three areas of international cooperation in ocean science research: the physical and chemical ocean, meteorology, and marine life.
The Motley Fool January 4, 2012 Jim Mueller	This Fertilizer Company Will Help Grow Your Portfolio Fertilizer is a necessity. So is this company.
Science News September 17, 2005 Janet Raloff	Using Light to Sense Plants' Health and Diversity A new experimental laser device promises speedy and more-detailed maps of crop-nutrition needs by taking readings from plants themselves as a tractor or other vehicle moves through a field.
Chemistry World August 23, 2007 James Mitchell Crow	Tantalum Breaks Nitrogen Triple Bond Chemists have found a new way to tear apart the triple bond of dinitrogen - one of the strongest bonds there is - with a single atom.
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Chemistry World March 25, 2010 Simon Hadlington	New catalyst for diesel exhaust Researchers in the US have shown that perovskites - a class of mixed oxide minerals - can perform as well as platinum in certain types of catalytic converter for removing pollutants from diesel exhaust.
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Chemistry World April 13, 2007 Simon Hadlington	Organic Food Isotopes How do you distinguish 'organic' tomatoes from those grown with the help of synthetic fertilizers? By testing their nitrogen isotope ratios, suggest UK researchers.
Chemistry World December 16, 2011 Kate McAlpine	Radical experiment assesses interstellar nitrogen Radical reactions are challenging to measure at cold temperatures, but an international team of researchers have recently clocked the rate for atomic nitrogen and hydroxyl radicals at 56K.
Chemistry World October 31, 2013 Tim Wogan	Pressure to form exotic ionic salts irresistible for nitrogen Researchers have used computer algorithms to calculate nitrogen structures at pressures far beyond the reach of current experimental determinations. Most notably, they calculated that it could form an ionic salt in which both the cations and anions were nitrogen.