On Tuesday, it finally docked at the port of Abidjan, carrying 20,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate. Authorities have stated that this cargo, which is used for fertilizers and the mining industry ...

Achieving the optimal pH can involve modifying the soil with elemental sulfur, especially in cases where the soil is too alkaline ...

Ammonium nitrate is commonly used as an agricultural fertiliser, but is also potentially explosive. Its presence in the waters off the busy city of Abidjan - home to more than six million people ...

Jovine, the cofounder and chief scientist of Brilliant Planet, is trying to engineer high-growth microalgae strains to ...

Locals living near the Ivory Coast’s largest port, Abidjan, have voiced concern about a cargo of potentially explosive ammonium nitrate onboard the Barbados-flagged Zimrida just off the shoreline.

Since, the nitrogen content of soil is generally quite low, farmers have to look for external sources of nitrogen by using ammonium nitrate, calcium nitrate, urea, diammonium hydrogen phosphate etc.

Mainstream fertilizers contain urea, ammonium sulfate, ammonium nitrate and other quick-release ... Testing your soil's pH can identify issues that may make your lawn more dependent on fertilizers.

In part one of a four-week series, Teagasc’s agricultural catchment specialist Eddie Burgess outlines how and why nitrates ...

These bacteria eat the ammonia and produce nitrite, which is then consumed by other bacteria and released as nitrate (which is ... bacteria and affect the pH of the water. For optimal cycling ...