Tracing the process of nitrous oxide formation in the ocean

(Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR)) 26 March 2019/Kiel. Nitrogen is an essential element for both the life on land and in the oceans. Moreover, it affects the climate of Earth. However, many factors in the nitrogen cycle are not yet known or sufficiently understood. Marine chemists at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel have now for the first time been able to measure a direct indicator of a key process of the nitrogen cycle in the ocean.