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DISSOLVED NITROGEN  

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  • Nitrogen is essential to life on Earth. It is a component of all proteins, and it can be found in all living systems. Nitrogen compounds are present in organic materials, foods, fertilizers, explosives and poisons. Nitrogen is crucial to life, but in excess it can also be harmful to the environment. (en)

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  • 2018-03-06 15:26:17.0 [tstevens] Insert Concept add broader relation (DISSOLVED NITROGEN [dc748b93-e7d6-419d-a9f0-f370556d6f8e,310647] - GASES [7b98fcc5-4465-45c8-a647-557432276844,310625]);
  • 2018-03-06 15:34:34.0 [tstevens] insert Definition (id: null text: Refers to nitrogen that has been dissolved in water. language code: en);
  • 2018-03-06 15:40:13.0 [tstevens] update Definition (Nitrogen is essential to life on Earth. It is a component of all proteins, and it can be found in all living systems. Nitrogen compounds are present in organic materials, foods, fertilizers, explosives and poisons. Nitrogen is crucial to life, but in excess it can also be harmful to the environment.); update Definition (LiveScience);

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/dc748b93-e7d6-419d-a9f0-f370556d6f8e

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