Welcome to Atlantis and the quest for nitrogen

Written by Scientific American - Chemistry on February 8, 2010 – 9:01 pm -

Editor's Note: Journalist and crew member Kathryn Eident and scientist Jeremy Jacquot are traveling on board the RV Atlantis on a month-long voyage to sample and study nitrogen fixation in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, among other research projects. This is the first blog post detailing this ongoing voyage of discovery for Scientific American.com.

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