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A tractor sprays fertilizer or pesticides on a green field.
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Synthetic fertilizer has increased the amount of nitrogen compounds in the biosphere, compounds that must be converted by microbes back into nitrogen gas.

A rare atomic fingerprint reveals how ecosystems clean nitrogen pollution

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Sea Change
Mireia Beas-Moix holding a jar of snakes

Preserving History

And Justice for All
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Where Did All the Oil Go?

To Frack or Not to Frack?

To Protect and Conserve

Nanodiamonds Are Forever
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A ‘One-Two Punch’