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@article{Aczel:2019:10.3389/frym.2019.00041,
author = {Aczel, MR},
doi = {10.3389/frym.2019.00041},
journal = {Frontiers for Young Minds},
title = {What Is the nitrogen cycle and why is it key to life?},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frym.2019.00041},
volume = {7},
year = {2019}
}

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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Nitrogen, the most abundant element in our atmosphere, is crucial tolife. Nitrogen is found in soils and plants, in the water we drink, andin the air we breathe. It is also essential to life: a key building blockof DNA, which determines our genetics, is essential to plant growth,and therefore necessary for the food we grow. But as with everything,balance is key: too little nitrogen and plants cannot thrive, leadingto low crop yields; but too much nitrogen can be toxic to plants,and can also harm our environment. Plants that do not have enoughnitrogen become yellowish and do not grow well and can have smallerflowers and fruits. Farmers can add nitrogen fertilizer to produce bettercrops, but too much can hurt plants and animals, and pollute ouraquatic systems. Understanding the Nitrogen Cycle—how nitrogenmoves from the atmosphere to earth, through soils and back to theatmosphere in an endless Cycle—can help us grow healthy crops andprotect our environment.
AU  - Aczel,MR
DO  - 10.3389/frym.2019.00041
PY  - 2019///
TI  - What Is the nitrogen cycle and why is it key to life?
T2  - Frontiers for Young Minds
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frym.2019.00041
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/71039
VL  - 7
ER  -

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