100 Years of Ammonia Synthesis: How a Single Patent Changed the World
Monday, September 29, 2008 - 14:35
in Earth & Climate
As a result of the Haber-Bosch process for synthesizing ammonia from atmospheric nitrogen, billions of people have been fed, millions have died in armed conflict and a cascade of environmental changes has been set in motion. So suggests an article by scientists from four of the world's leading environmental research centers.