Chemistry
How the Haber-Bosch Process Revolutionized Nitrogen Fixation
Quick fact
The Haber-Bosch process now fixes more nitrogen than all natural processes on land combined, and an estimated half of the nitrogen in every human body today was produced by this synthetic process.
Why this is interesting
You know that we need nitrogen to live, but the air we breathe is mostly nitrogen. Why then do plants depend on fertilizer to get it?