Is nitrogen fixation (once again) “vital to the progress of civilized humanity”?

• Main Author: Razon, Luis F.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2014
• Subjects: Nitrogen—Fixation; Ammonia; Biomass energy; Carbon sequestration; Food security; Chemical Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/1623; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/2622/type/native/viewcontent
• Institution: De La Salle University

The world food supply has become dependent on synthetic fertilizer from ammonia, which comes from the Haber–Bosch process. This process consumes large amounts of fossil fuels and releases large amounts of greenhouse gases. The excessive use of synthetic fixed nitrogen fertilizers has led to severe e...