Basic to the stability of the natural marine ecosystem are a number of biogeochemical cycles, of which the nitrogen cycle is one. This cycle, evolved and established early in the history of the earth, cycles nitrogen from organism to organism, from inert to animate material, and from inorganic to organic forms. In contrast, the […]

Energy is essential for life, and glucose is the primary source of energy, powering all of life’s processes, from maintenance and movement, to growth, reproduction and even cognition. Glucose is derived from plants through photosynthesis, or created from other compounds in the cell, and broken down in a stepwise series of controlled chemical reactions to […]