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Nitrous Oxide (N2O): The Dominant Ozone-Depleting Substance Emitted in the 21st Century

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In this paper, the ozone depletion potential-weighted anthropogenic emissions of N2O with those of other ozone-depleting substances were compared, and it was shown that N 2O emission currently is the single most important ozone-destroying emission and is expected to remain the largest throughout the 21st century.
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By comparing the ozone depletion potential-weighted anthropogenic emissions of N2O with those of other ozone-depleting substances, we show that N2O emission currently is the single most important ozone-depleting emission and is expected to remain the largest throughout the 21st century. N2O is unregulated by the Montreal Protocol. Limiting future N2O emissions would enhance the recovery of the ozone layer from its depleted state and would also reduce the anthropogenic forcing of the climate system, representing a win-win for both ozone and climate.

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Towards food, feed and energy crops mitigating climate change.

TL;DR: The current knowledge of plant-microbe interactions in relation to the CH(4) and N(2)O budgets is summarized and it is shown how this is promoting new generations of crop cultivars that have the potential to mitigate GHG emissions for future agricultural use.
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N2O emission in full-scale wastewater treatment: Proposing a refined monitoring strategy.

TL;DR: This study confirms that N2O is the most important greenhouse gas emission from wastewater treatment and proposes a refined monitoring strategy for long-term emission monitoring with multiple flux chambers on open tanks.
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The importance of climate change and nitrogen use efficiency for future nitrous oxide emissions from agriculture

TL;DR: In this paper, a process-based land model with coupled carbon-nitrogen cycle was used to examine how changes in climatic factors, land-use, and N application rates could affect agricultural N2O emissions by 2050.
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The economic and environmental consequences of implementing nitrogen-efficient technologies and management practices in agriculture.

TL;DR: The NUE framework provides an important tool for policymakers to understand how combinations of fertilizer, crop, and TMP prices affect the possibility of achieving win-win outcomes for farmers and the environment.
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Climate change 2007: the physical science basis

TL;DR: The first volume of the IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report as mentioned in this paper was published in 2007 and covers several topics including the extensive range of observations now available for the atmosphere and surface, changes in sea level, assesses the paleoclimatic perspective, climate change causes both natural and anthropogenic, and climate models for projections of global climate.
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The influence of nitrogen oxides on the atmospheric ozone content

TL;DR: In this paper, the probable importance of NO and NO2 in controlling the ozone concentrations and production rates in the stratosphere is pointed out and some processes which may lead to production of nitric acid are discussed.

Climate change 2007: Mitigation. Contribution of Working Group III to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Summary for Policymakers.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a collection of essays by Terry Barker, Igor Bashmakov, Lenny Bernstein, Jean Bogner, Peter Bosch, Rutu Dave, Ogunlade Davidson, Brian Fisher, Michael Grubb, Sujata Gupta, Kirsten Halsnaes, BertJan Heij, Boubacarraoui, Shigeki Kobayashi, Mark Levine, Daniel Martino, Omar Masera Cerutti, Bert Metz, Leo Meyer, Gert-Jan Nabuurs, Adil Najam
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