Articles for tag: atmospheric nitrogen cycle, lightning and plant growth, natural fertilizers, nitrogen fixation, soil enrichment

How Lightning Helps Plants Grow

Suhail Ahmed

The night splits open, a white-hot seam flashes, and a heartbeat later rain begins to drum the soil. What looks like chaos from the sky hides a quiet delivery: natural fertilizer written in the language of electricity. For more than a century, scientists have pursued the mystery of why fields often look greener after storms, ...