This is the cycle of a nitrogen atom on Earth, and its journey starts either very quietly or with a humongous bang. Believe it or not, lightning and bacteria are primarily responsible for turning ...

We have heard the saying: 'April showers brings May flowers.' This proverb leaves out the critical role of lightning.

Two astrophotographers captured breathtaking video of over 105 red sprites over Tibet during a massive thunderstorm.

Nitrogen is one of the primary nutrients critical for the survival of all living organisms. Although nitrogen is very abundant in the atmosphere, it is largely inaccessible in this form to most ...

But real lightning would have struck infrequently—and mostly in open ocean, where organic compounds would have quickly ...

It does so by mimicking nature’s nitrogen cycle. Lightning breaks apart nitrogen molecules in the atmosphere and converts them into nitrogen oxide fragments. These fragments then fall down as ...

This document helps agricultural producers understand how N interacts in the environment through the N cycle to guide maintenance and sustainability of agricultural crop production. The Nitrogen Cycle ...

The origin of life on Earth is one of science’s biggest questions, and previous theories have suggested that lightning may have ... molecules with carbon-nitrogen bonds.

Life may not have begun with a dramatic lightning strike into the ocean but ... lead to the formation of organic molecules with carbon-nitrogen bonds, including uracil, one of the components ...

It does so by mimicking nature’s nitrogen cycle. Lightning breaks apart nitrogen molecules in the atmosphere and converts them into nitrogen oxide fragments. These fragments then fall down as ...