Global Rivers Emit Three Times IPCC Estimates of Greenhouse Gas Nitrous Oxide

Global Rivers Emit Three Times IPCC Estimates of Greenhouse Gas Nitrous Oxide
Mon, 20 Dec 2010 14:00:00 -0600

What goes in must come out, a truism that now may be applied to global river networks.

Human-caused nitrogen loading to river networks is a potentially important source of nitrous oxide emission to the atmosphere. Nitrous oxide is a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change and stratospheric ozone destruction.

It happens via a microbial process called denitrification, which converts nitrogen to nitrous oxide and an inert gas called dinitrogen.

When summed ...

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