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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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Deep N fertilizer placement mitigated N2O emissions in a Swedish field trial with cereals

TL;DR: In this paper, a 2-year field trial on a mineral soil cropped with cereals in Uppsala, Sweden was conducted to compare three fertilization depth orientations to compare overall nitrogen use efficiency.
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How much will precision nitrogen management pay off? An evaluation based on simulating thousands of corn fields over the US Corn-Belt

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the agronomic and environmental benefits of VRT-N application for corn compared to Uniform-N across 9 states and ca. 2600 fields in the US Corn Belt.
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Nitrite accumulation inside sludge flocs significantly influencing nitrous oxide production by ammonium-oxidizing bacteria.

TL;DR: This work aims to clarify the role of potential nitrite (NO2-) accumulation inside sludge flocs in N2O production by ammonium-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) at different dissolved oxygen (DO) levels with focus on the conditions of no significant bulk NO2- accumulation.
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The role of salinity in shaping dissolved inorganic nitrogen and N2O dynamics in estuarine sediment–water interface

TL;DR: The global trend of decreasing freshwater discharge, and therefore increase in salinity, to estuarine systems could thereby exacerbate N₂O production and global warming, which is of major concern given the greenhouse characteristics of the gas.
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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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