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  1. Food security in focus as fertilizer costs surge

    Chris Vlachopoulos, Senior Phosphates Editor at ICIS, examines how the issue of food security has been brought into…
    #Europe #EU #EuropeanCommission #Ammonia #fertilizer #Hormuz #ICIS #nitrogen #phosphates #sulfur #urea #US
    europesays.com/europe/34230/

  2. Ammonia is evolving into a clean energy contender. On Innovate & React, Kevin Rouwenhorst and I explore the low-emission ammonia ecosystem. We discuss how over 90% of conventional ammonia CO2 emissions actually come from upstream hydrogen production, the engineering challenge of flexible renewable plants, and its future as a maritime fuel. 
    What is the biggest bottleneck for scaling green ammonia?
    Listen here: innovateandreact.com/beyond-fe

    #Ammonia #CleanEnergy #chemistry #podcast

  3. Iran war fertilizer squeeze could spell trouble for next year’s grain harvests

    PARIS/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Farmers around the world are facing the second surge in fertilizer prices in four years…
    #NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #ammonia #breakingnews #food #Foodprices #Iran #nitrogen #worldhunger
    newsbeep.com/506621/

  4. Fixing Nitrogen for #fertiliser - #Ammonia production - is rather important. Suddenly 30% of the world's supply is blocked.

    The FT comments are a rich seam of ignorance and stupidity.
    Why electrolysing water is claimed to make an algal bloom seems entirely without sense.

    And if water is short, and solar only works in daytime, floating panels on the water, and hydrogenerate at night.
    A battery.

    Green fertiliser project challenges industry’s gas reliance share.google/4qBMzi42W3lL4OCso

  5. I have some concerns about the production of ammonia, especially if it depends on energy from fossil fuels, where they are getting their hydrogen from, and the impact of fuel leaks, but hopefully it's better than what shipping uses currently.

    "World’s first ammonia-powered ship runs without oil, targets zero-carbon shipping"

    interestingengineering.com/inn

    #ammonia #shipping #GlobalWarming

  6. @urlyman Thorium Molten Salt Reactors, like China is having continued success with, provides high industrial level heat that's conducive to EV production. #TMSR also lends itself to #desalination, #SodiumIon batteries, #hydrogen and #ammonia production, medical isotopes, and even localized air conditioning because of high heat production in #MSR.

    China's #BeltAndRoadInitiative is far more sustainable than most of the West's profit mongering.

  7. @urlyman Thorium Molten Salt Reactors, like China is having continued success with, provides high industrial level heat that's conducive to EV production. #TMSR also lends itself to #desalination, #SodiumIon batteries, #hydrogen and #ammonia production, medical isotopes, and even localized air conditioning because of high heat production in #MSR.

    China's #BeltAndRoadInitiative is far more sustainable than most of the West's profit mongering.

  8. @urlyman Thorium Molten Salt Reactors, like China is having continued success with, provides high industrial level heat that's conducive to EV production. #TMSR also lends itself to #desalination, #SodiumIon batteries, #hydrogen and #ammonia production, medical isotopes, and even localized air conditioning because of high heat production in #MSR.

    China's #BeltAndRoadInitiative is far more sustainable than most of the West's profit mongering.

  9. @urlyman Thorium Molten Salt Reactors, like China is having continued success with, provides high industrial level heat that's conducive to EV production. #TMSR also lends itself to #desalination, #SodiumIon batteries, #hydrogen and #ammonia production, medical isotopes, and even localized air conditioning because of high heat production in #MSR.

    China's #BeltAndRoadInitiative is far more sustainable than most of the West's profit mongering.

  10. @urlyman Thorium Molten Salt Reactors, like China is having continued success with, provides high industrial level heat that's conducive to EV production. #TMSR also lends itself to #desalination, #SodiumIon batteries, #hydrogen and #ammonia production, medical isotopes, and even localized air conditioning because of high heat production in #MSR.

    China's #BeltAndRoadInitiative is far more sustainable than most of the West's profit mongering.

  11. The Australian govt is already facilitating the development of domestic #urea production. This article goes further and suggests domestic production of #Ammonia, #Hydrogen and #Ethanol, all of it based on #renewable energy. It makes a lot of sense.

    Read more: reneweconomy.com.au/the-fertil

    #AusPol

  12. The Australian govt is already facilitating the development of domestic #urea production. This article goes further and suggests domestic production of #Ammonia, #Hydrogen and #Ethanol, all of it based on #renewable energy. It makes a lot of sense.

    Read more: reneweconomy.com.au/the-fertil

    #AusPol

  13. The Australian govt is already facilitating the development of domestic #urea production. This article goes further and suggests domestic production of #Ammonia, #Hydrogen and #Ethanol, all of it based on #renewable energy. It makes a lot of sense.

    Read more: reneweconomy.com.au/the-fertil

    #AusPol

  14. The Australian govt is already facilitating the development of domestic #urea production. This article goes further and suggests domestic production of #Ammonia, #Hydrogen and #Ethanol, all of it based on #renewable energy. It makes a lot of sense.

    Read more: reneweconomy.com.au/the-fertil

    #AusPol

  15. The Australian govt is already facilitating the development of domestic #urea production. This article goes further and suggests domestic production of #Ammonia, #Hydrogen and #Ethanol, all of it based on #renewable energy. It makes a lot of sense.

    Read more: reneweconomy.com.au/the-fertil

    #AusPol

  16. Tuesday, April 7, 2026

    Investigation: Unmasking the anonymous hosts of 'Russians with Attitude,' a pro-war podcast popular with US far-right -- Novorossiysk port on fire again as Ukrainian strike campaign on Russian oil export infrastructure continues -- As Russian attacks on Ukraine's railways intensify, passenger trains now targets for drones -- Serbia sees no Ukraine trace in alleged gas sabotage plot after Hungary hints at Kyiv's involvement ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  17. Tuesday, April 7, 2026

    Investigation: Unmasking the anonymous hosts of 'Russians with Attitude,' a pro-war podcast popular with US far-right -- Novorossiysk port on fire again as Ukrainian strike campaign on Russian oil export infrastructure continues -- As Russian attacks on Ukraine's railways intensify, passenger trains now targets for drones -- Serbia sees no Ukraine trace in alleged gas sabotage plot after Hungary hints at Kyiv's involvement ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  18. Tuesday, April 7, 2026

    Investigation: Unmasking the anonymous hosts of 'Russians with Attitude,' a pro-war podcast popular with US far-right -- Novorossiysk port on fire again as Ukrainian strike campaign on Russian oil export infrastructure continues -- As Russian attacks on Ukraine's railways intensify, passenger trains now targets for drones -- Serbia sees no Ukraine trace in alleged gas sabotage plot after Hungary hints at Kyiv's involvement ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  19. Tuesday, April 7, 2026

    Investigation: Unmasking the anonymous hosts of 'Russians with Attitude,' a pro-war podcast popular with US far-right -- Novorossiysk port on fire again as Ukrainian strike campaign on Russian oil export infrastructure continues -- As Russian attacks on Ukraine's railways intensify, passenger trains now targets for drones -- Serbia sees no Ukraine trace in alleged gas sabotage plot after Hungary hints at Kyiv's involvement ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  20. Tuesday, April 7, 2026

    Investigation: Unmasking the anonymous hosts of 'Russians with Attitude,' a pro-war podcast popular with US far-right -- Novorossiysk port on fire again as Ukrainian strike campaign on Russian oil export infrastructure continues -- As Russian attacks on Ukraine's railways intensify, passenger trains now targets for drones -- Serbia sees no Ukraine trace in alleged gas sabotage plot after Hungary hints at Kyiv's involvement ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  21. Given sufficient electricity, we can make #Hydrogen in quantity without reforming Methane. The #Oxygen is a probably useful byproduct.
    Given heat, pressure, and a catalyst, we can combine it with atmospheric #Nitrogen to make #Ammonia, a direct fertiliser, and starting point for Nitric acid and then #Nitrates. Among #AmmoniumNitrate 's uses is fertiliser for growng food.

    I think we might build an Ammonia plant next to a #fission boiler, and use #heat as well as perhaps #electricity from it.

  22. Organic #molecules delivered from #extraterrestrial materials may have played a key role in supplying building blocks for #life on #Earth.

    Now scientists report all five canonical #nucleobases—purines (#adenine and #guanine) and pyrimidines (#cytosine, #thymine and #uracil)—in samples returned from the C-type #asteroid (162173) #Ryugu.

    Samples from Ryugu, #Bennu and #Orgueil, which have a similar mineralogy and elemental composition, show purine-to-pyrimidine ratios negatively correlating with #ammonia.

    These observations indicate that the nucleobases in these samples may have formed via a shared pathway depending on the physicochemical environment of the respective parent bodies.

    The detection of diverse nucleobases in asteroid and meteorite materials demonstrates their widespread presence throughout the Solar System and reinforces the hypothesis that carbonaceous asteroids contributed to the #prebiotic chemical inventory of early Earth.

    #astronomy #astrobiology
    nature.com/articles/s41550-026

  23. Organic #molecules delivered from #extraterrestrial materials may have played a key role in supplying building blocks for #life on #Earth.

    Now scientists report all five canonical #nucleobases—purines (#adenine and #guanine) and pyrimidines (#cytosine, #thymine and #uracil)—in samples returned from the C-type #asteroid (162173) #Ryugu.

    Samples from Ryugu, #Bennu and #Orgueil, which have a similar mineralogy and elemental composition, show purine-to-pyrimidine ratios negatively correlating with #ammonia.

    These observations indicate that the nucleobases in these samples may have formed via a shared pathway depending on the physicochemical environment of the respective parent bodies.

    The detection of diverse nucleobases in asteroid and meteorite materials demonstrates their widespread presence throughout the Solar System and reinforces the hypothesis that carbonaceous asteroids contributed to the #prebiotic chemical inventory of early Earth.

    #astronomy #astrobiology
    nature.com/articles/s41550-026

  24. Organic #molecules delivered from #extraterrestrial materials may have played a key role in supplying building blocks for #life on #Earth.

    Now scientists report all five canonical #nucleobases—purines (#adenine and #guanine) and pyrimidines (#cytosine, #thymine and #uracil)—in samples returned from the C-type #asteroid (162173) #Ryugu.

    Samples from Ryugu, #Bennu and #Orgueil, which have a similar mineralogy and elemental composition, show purine-to-pyrimidine ratios negatively correlating with #ammonia.

    These observations indicate that the nucleobases in these samples may have formed via a shared pathway depending on the physicochemical environment of the respective parent bodies.

    The detection of diverse nucleobases in asteroid and meteorite materials demonstrates their widespread presence throughout the Solar System and reinforces the hypothesis that carbonaceous asteroids contributed to the #prebiotic chemical inventory of early Earth.

    #astronomy #astrobiology
    nature.com/articles/s41550-026

  25. Organic #molecules delivered from #extraterrestrial materials may have played a key role in supplying building blocks for #life on #Earth.

    Now scientists report all five canonical #nucleobases—purines (#adenine and #guanine) and pyrimidines (#cytosine, #thymine and #uracil)—in samples returned from the C-type #asteroid (162173) #Ryugu.

    Samples from Ryugu, #Bennu and #Orgueil, which have a similar mineralogy and elemental composition, show purine-to-pyrimidine ratios negatively correlating with #ammonia.

    These observations indicate that the nucleobases in these samples may have formed via a shared pathway depending on the physicochemical environment of the respective parent bodies.

    The detection of diverse nucleobases in asteroid and meteorite materials demonstrates their widespread presence throughout the Solar System and reinforces the hypothesis that carbonaceous asteroids contributed to the #prebiotic chemical inventory of early Earth.

    #astronomy #astrobiology
    nature.com/articles/s41550-026

  26. Organic #molecules delivered from #extraterrestrial materials may have played a key role in supplying building blocks for #life on #Earth.

    Now scientists report all five canonical #nucleobases—purines (#adenine and #guanine) and pyrimidines (#cytosine, #thymine and #uracil)—in samples returned from the C-type #asteroid (162173) #Ryugu.

    Samples from Ryugu, #Bennu and #Orgueil, which have a similar mineralogy and elemental composition, show purine-to-pyrimidine ratios negatively correlating with #ammonia.

    These observations indicate that the nucleobases in these samples may have formed via a shared pathway depending on the physicochemical environment of the respective parent bodies.

    The detection of diverse nucleobases in asteroid and meteorite materials demonstrates their widespread presence throughout the Solar System and reinforces the hypothesis that carbonaceous asteroids contributed to the #prebiotic chemical inventory of early Earth.

    #astronomy #astrobiology
    nature.com/articles/s41550-026

  27. Why can't we just reverse the Haber-Bosch process?

    In the latest episode, I talk to Prof. Malte Behrens @SolidStateChemCatal_Kiel about ammonia as a possible hydrogen carrier.

    We dive deep into the chemistry of ammonia cracking and explain why the classic iron catalyst loses its activity. Find out how alloying iron with cobalt might just be the solution to unlocking green energy transport via ammonia!

    Listen here: innovateandreact.com/why-rever

    #Chemistry #Catalysis #Ammonia

  28. 11-Mar-2026
    Researchers realize #ammonia synthesis at metallic Li/Ru interface under ambient conditions

    Is this the beginning of the end for #HaberBosch process?

    eurekalert.org/news-releases/1

    #science #fertiliser #industry #environment #climateCatastrophe

  29. RE: mastodon.social/@glynmoody/116

    At the beginning of the previous century, #Nitrogen #fixation looked like a limit to human growth, it was required for plant growth.
    Chemical fixation of N2 solved that (now we are running up against #Phosphorus).
    #Ammonia is a key component in that #fertilisation.
    But we would like it in the #ground, not the #air.

  30. RE: mastodon.social/@glynmoody/116

    At the beginning of the previous century, #Nitrogen #fixation looked like a limit to human growth, it was required for plant growth.
    Chemical fixation of N2 solved that (now we are running up against #Phosphorus).
    #Ammonia is a key component in that #fertilisation.
    But we would like it in the #ground, not the #air.

  31. RE: mastodon.social/@glynmoody/116

    At the beginning of the previous century, #Nitrogen #fixation looked like a limit to human growth, it was required for plant growth.
    Chemical fixation of N2 solved that (now we are running up against #Phosphorus).
    #Ammonia is a key component in that #fertilisation.
    But we would like it in the #ground, not the #air.

  32. RE: mastodon.social/@glynmoody/116

    At the beginning of the previous century, #Nitrogen #fixation looked like a limit to human growth, it was required for plant growth.
    Chemical fixation of N2 solved that (now we are running up against #Phosphorus).
    #Ammonia is a key component in that #fertilisation.
    But we would like it in the #ground, not the #air.