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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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Effects of silver nanoparticles on nitrification and associated nitrous oxide production in aquatic environments

TL;DR: The release of AgNPs into the environment should be controlled because they interfere with nitrifying communities and stimulate N2O emission and this study highlights the molecular underpinnings of the effects ofAgNPs on nitrification activity.
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nirK-harboring denitrifiers are more responsive to denitrification-inducing conditions in rice paddy soil than nirS-Harboring bacteria

TL;DR: Clones related to the NirS of Burkholderiales and Rhodocyclales, and NirK distantly related to known denitrifiers increased their proportion in response to the denitrification-inducing conditions, and therefore, might be involved in Denitrification in rice paddy soil.
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Mitigating Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Corn Cropping Systems in the Midwestern U.S.: Potential and Data Gaps

TL;DR: More data collection on side-by-side comparisons of common and alternative management practices, especially those pertaining to N-placement, N-timing, and N-source, in combination with biogeochemical model simulations, will be needed to further develop and improve N2O mitigation strategies for corn cropping systems in the major corn producing regions in the U.S. and Canada.
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N2O emission from cropland field soil through fungal denitrification after surface applications of organic fertilizer

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focused on the large N2O emission from cropland soil that occurs after granular organic fertilizers were applied to the surface, and they determined the population density and community composition of fungi in the surface-fertilized and non-Fusarium soils in the field using colony counting, denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and subsequent phylogenetic analyses.
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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.

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