[nixonpjoshua1]

it was in 1918 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haber_process

[Karupan]

Veritasium's recent video [0] on Haber is worth a watch in this context

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvknN89JoWo

[nvahalik]

The book “The Alchemy of Air” is a fascinating read.

[k__]

"received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918 for his invention of the Haber–Bosch process,"

So, all good in HN land.

Made my day, thanks.

[justinator]

He also invented Zyklon B.

[conradev]

nowadays there is a lot of interest[1] in the older and less-efficient Birkeland–Eyde process because you can scale it to the size of a trailer and deploy it on-site to farms: https://www.nitricity.co/

[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8133363/