This diagram shows an interlinked system of animals that carry nutrients from ocean depths to deep inland -- through their poop, urine, and, upon death, decomposing bodies. A new study in the ...

Carrion flies locate dead animals through a keen sense of smell ... digest it, and then cycle the nutrients back into the environment through their feces, after respiration and assimilation.

Organic amendments are often derived from animal wastes or plant residues ... Unlike other plant nutrients, most laboratories do not routinely test soil for N because the N cycle is very dynamic. The ...

Computer models reveal how human-driven climate change will dramatically overhaul critical nutrient cycles in the ocean. Researchers report evidence that marine nutrient cycles -- essential for ...