Nitrogen itself is not directly involved in oxygen production, as oxygen is primarily produced by plants through photosynthesis using carbon dioxide and water, and nitrogen does not play a role in that chemical reaction; however, nitrogen is crucial for plant growth as it's a key component of chlorophyll, which is necessary for photosynthesis to occur, making it indirectly important for oxygen production in the ecosystem.
Mothership is not terribly hard-science, and even so, we had nitrogen-fixing in the story, which is silly. Or, more absolutely, nitrogen and oxygen are both elements, neither producing the other.
While this was really dreadful, with our knowledge of the timeline, the spore problem should be gone by the lastest date in the timeline.
Nitrogen is essential for oxygen production.
Nitrogen itself is not directly involved in oxygen production, as oxygen is primarily produced by plants through photosynthesis using carbon dioxide and water, and nitrogen does not play a role in that chemical reaction; however, nitrogen is crucial for plant growth as it's a key component of chlorophyll, which is necessary for photosynthesis to occur, making it indirectly important for oxygen production in the ecosystem.
Mothership is not terribly hard-science, and even so, we had nitrogen-fixing in the story, which is silly.
Or, more absolutely, nitrogen and oxygen are both elements, neither producing the other.