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Without ammonia, there would be no inorganic fertilizers, and nearly half the world would go hungry. Of all the century's technological marvels, the Haber-Bosch process has made the most difference to our survival.
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Smil, V. Detonator of the population explosion. Nature 400, 415 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/22672
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