Final answer:
Volcanic eruptions do not significantly remove nitrogen from the Earth's atmosphere; instead, certain eruptions can add nitrogen. Human activities, such as burning fossil fuels and using artificial fertilizers, have a greater impact on the nitrogen cycle.
Step-by-step explanation:
The question pertains to whether volcanic eruptions remove nitrogen from the atmosphere. Volcanic eruptions do release various gases into the atmosphere, including water vapor, carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and others, but they do not significantly remove nitrogen from the atmosphere.
In fact, certain types of eruptions add nitrogen to the atmosphere, as seen on Triton, one of Neptune's moons, where volcanic plumes of nitrogen gas have been observed. On Earth, however, the nitrogen cycle is more heavily influenced by human activities, such as the combustion of fossil fuels and the use of artificial fertilizers in agriculture, which introduce various nitrogen oxides and other compounds into the environment and can lead to effects such as acid rain and eutrophication of water bodies.