EditorialSara Wigginton, a microbiologist at the Massachusetts Alternative Septic System Test Center, works with samples of water and nitrate at the center in Sandwich, Mass., Dec. 5, 2022. (Sophie Park/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Yara Pilbara nitrate plant on Burrup Peninsula — called Murujuga by Aboriginal people — in Australia, Aug. 16, 2022. (Matthew Abbott/The New York Times)
EditorialWidespread devastation on Friday, Aug. 7, 2020, days after tons of ammonium nitrate stored at the Port of Beirut exploded. (Diego Ibarra Sanchez/The New York Times)
EditorialA funeral in Beirut on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020, for a victim of last week’s explosion when tons of ammonium nitrate stored at the Port of Beirut exploded. (Diego Ibarra Sanchez/The New York Times)
EditorialWidespread devastation on Friday, Aug. 7, 2020, days after tons of ammonium nitrate stored at the Port of Beirut exploded. (Diego Ibarra Sanchez/The New York Times)
EditorialWidespread devasation on Friday, Aug. 7, 2020, days after tons of ammonium nitrate stored at the Port of Beirut exploded. (Diego Ibarra Sanchez/The New York Times)
EditorialPhotograph, Silver Nitrate Processing Area, Abbotsford, Victoria, 18 Sep 1952, Black and white, silver gelatin photograph of a silver nitrate processing room at the Kodak Australasia factory in Abbotsford, Victoria, Sep 1952. This is part of the new si...
EditorialPhotograph, Siphoning Nitric Acid, Silver Nitrate Dept, Abbotsford, circa 1940s, Black and white photograph featuring the siphoning of nitric acid in the Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd factory, Abbotsford. The image is number 4 in a series featuring the Sil...
EditorialPhotograph, Evaporating Room, Silver Nitrate Dept, Abbotsford, circa 1940s, Black and white photograph featuring the main evaporating room of the Silver Nitrate Department in the Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd factory, Abbotsford. The image is number 5 in a...
EditorialPhotograph, Siphoning Nitric Acid, Silver Nitrate Dept, Abbotsford, circa 1940s, Black and white photograph featuring a metal dissolving cabinet and siphoning of nitric acid in the Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd factory, Abbotsford. The image is number 3 in...
EditorialPhotograph, Kettles in Metal Dissolving Cabinet, Silver Nitrate Dept, Abbotsford, circa 1940s, Black and white photograph featuring the inside of a metal dissolving cabinet in the Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd factory, Abbotsford. The image is number 2 in ...