Uncovering the evolution of the nitrogen cycle with carbonate chemistry . Nitrogen is essential for all life on Earth, but current methods are unable to quantify many aspects of the evolving nitrogen

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Uncovering the evolution of the nitrogen cycle with carbonate chemistry . Nitrogen is essential for all life on Earth, but current methods are unable to quantify many aspects of the evolving nitrogen cycle, impeding our understanding of its effects on ecosystems and environmental change. This project will pioneer a groundbreaking method using nitrogen species trapped inside carbonate minerals to directly measure ocean nitrogen abundances and isotope compositions over Earth history. The new method developed by this project will revolutionize our grasp of complex patterns in the nitrogen cycle and its effects on life and Earth. These insights will not only bolster foundational scientific knowledge but also pave the way for informed environmental interventions and further discoveries in environmental science.. Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award. Field: 3703 - Geochemistry. Lead: Dr Matthew Dodd