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Nitrogen can be fixed by lightning converting nitrogen gas (N 2) and oxygen gas (O 2) in the atmosphere into NO x (nitrogen oxides). The N 2 molecule is highly stable and nonreactive due to the triple bond between the nitrogen atoms. [75] Lightning produces enough energy and heat to break this bond [75] allowing nitrogen atoms to react with ...
The nitrogen cycle is an important process in the ocean as well. While the overall cycle is similar, there are different players [40] and modes of transfer for nitrogen in the ocean. Nitrogen enters the water through the precipitation, runoff, or as N 2 from the atmosphere. Nitrogen cannot be utilized by phytoplankton as N
Nitrogen must first be processed, or "fixed", into a plant-usable form, usually ammonia. Some nitrogen fixation is done by lightning strikes producing the nitrogen oxides, but most is done by diazotrophic bacteria through enzymes known as nitrogenases (although today industrial nitrogen fixation to ammonia is also significant). When the ammonia ...
“Lightning-induced plasma electrochemistry could have generated high concentrations of nitrogen- and carbon-containing feedstocks locally and produced a range of reagents globally that were ...
Cloud-to-ground lightning. Typically, lightning discharges 30,000 amperes, at up to 100 million volts, and emits light, radio waves, x-rays and even gamma rays. [1] Plasma temperatures in lightning can approach 28,000 kelvins. Atmospheric electricity describes the electrical charges in the Earth's atmosphere (or that of another planet).
Q13 FOX News Metoerologist M.J. McDermott says that's because a lightning is actually hotter than the surface of the sun. When a bolt strikes a tree it super-heats the sap throughout the tree and ...
Nitrogen fixing lichens actively fix atmospheric nitrogen using the nostoc, located in the cephalodia. Lichens are sensitive to nitrogen availability. [ 11 ] Upon nitrogen fixation, there will be an increase of algal cell growth, chlorophyll concentration, and photobiont population.
Lightning has struck Rome’s famed Constantine Arch near the Colosseum during a violent thunderstorm, causing fragments from the ancient structure to become loose.