Nitrogen is an element found in many important compounds that circulate in nature. Some amount of nitrogen compounds is good, but too much is not. Industrialized agriculture and other man made processes are introducing too much nitrogen into parts of the system which have destabilized.

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7. NITROGEN plays an important
role in the cycle of nature …
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8. NITROGEN is an element in many
compounds including:
● Ammonia (NH4);
● Nitrous dioxide (NO2);
● Nitrates;
● Nitrites;
● etc.
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9. Many natural processes involving
plants, bacteria and fungi convert
these various compounds to build
balance in nature …
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10. NITROGEN plays an important
role in the cycle of nature, but its
heavy use in modern industry
and agriculture has disrupted the
equilibrium of the natural cycle
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11. There are many ways to represent
the NITROGEN CYCLE …
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18. NITROGEN is important … but the
balance of this system is outside
the 'planetary bounds' according
to the scientists …
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Image credit: Steffen et al. Science (2015). Journal Science / AAAS

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