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  2. Amdahl's law - Wikipedia

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    Part B takes roughly 25% of the time of the whole computation. By working very hard, one may be able to make this part 5 times faster, but this reduces the time of the whole computation only slightly. In contrast, one may need to perform less work to make part A perform twice as fast.

  3. Human impact on the nitrogen cycle - Wikipedia

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    Approximately 78% of Earth's atmosphere is N gas (N 2), which is an inert compound and biologically unavailable to most organisms.In order to be utilized in most biological processes, N 2 must be converted to reactive nitrogen (Nr), which includes inorganic reduced forms (NH 3 and NH 4 +), inorganic oxidized forms (NO, NO 2, HNO 3, N 2 O, and NO 3 −), and organic compounds (urea, amines, and ...

  4. Effects of climate change on agriculture - Wikipedia

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    While the Green Revolution had ensured the growth of overall crop production per land area of 250% to 300% since the 1960, [5]: 727 with around 44% attributed to newer crop varieties alone, [131] it is believed this growth would have been even greater without the counteracting role of climate change on major crop yields over the same period ...