The Immortal Life of Nitrogen Lecture

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Hours:	7:00pm-8:00pm
Ages:	Kids, Teens, Adults
In/Outdoor:	Indoor
Cost:	Free
Category:	Lectures/Discussions

Over the past 100 years, human activities have more than doubled the amount of nitrogen in the biosphere. Learn more about the consequences of this and how the levels can be reduced.

Without nitrogen there would be no life—no me, no you, no blue whale, no Atlantic cod, no Antarctic krill.

But too much nitrogen leads to a series of negative consequences.

Human activities have more than doubled the amount of nitrogen cycling through the biosphere in the past 100 years, and in doing so we have introduced large amounts of nitrogen to coastal waters.

This excess nitrogen has led to eutrophication, loss of submerged aquatic vegetation, harmful algal blooms, increased low oxygen conditions and dead zones, fish kills, and loss of biodiversity.

Fortunately, we can take steps to mitigate this excess nitrogen and to decrease future inputs to marine waters.

Fulweiler will tell the story of how one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century transformed our planet and how each of us can help save our coastal ocean through simple, easily adaptable changes.

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Central Wharf, Boston, MA, 02110 map
Phone: 617-973-6596

Harborside Learning Lab at the New England Aquarium