Nitrous oxide emission in altered nitrogen cycle and implications for climate change.

Aryal, B; Gurung, R; Camargo, AF; Fongaro, G; Treichel, H; Mainali, B; Angove, MJ; Ngo, HH; Guo, W; Puadel, SR

Nitrous oxide emission in altered nitrogen cycle and implications for climate change.

Aryal, B Gurung, R Camargo, AF Fongaro, G Treichel, H Mainali, B Angove, MJ Ngo, HH Guo, W

Puadel, SR

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Citation:: Environ Pollut, 2022, 314, pp. 120272
Issue Date:: 2022-12-01

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dc.contributor.author	Aryal, B
dc.contributor.author	Gurung, R
dc.contributor.author	Camargo, AF
dc.contributor.author	Fongaro, G
dc.contributor.author	Treichel, H
dc.contributor.author	Mainali, B
dc.contributor.author	Angove, MJ
dc.contributor.author	Ngo, HH
dc.contributor.author	Guo, W https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5542-2858
dc.contributor.author	Puadel, SR
dc.date.accessioned	2023-01-26T07:25:50Z
dc.date.available	2022-09-21
dc.date.available	2023-01-26T07:25:50Z
dc.date.issued	2022-12-01
dc.identifier.citation	Environ Pollut, 2022, 314, pp. 120272
dc.identifier.issn	0269-7491
dc.identifier.issn	1873-6424
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/165489
dc.description.abstract	Natural processes and human activities play a crucial role in changing the nitrogen cycle and increasing nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions, which are accelerating at an unprecedented rate. N2O has serious global warming potential (GWP), about 310 times higher than that of carbon dioxide. The food production, transportation, and energy required to sustain a world population of seven billion have required dramatic increases in the consumption of synthetic nitrogen (N) fertilizers and fossil fuels, leading to increased N2O in air and water. These changes have radically disturbed the nitrogen cycle and reactive nitrogen species, such as nitrous oxide (N2O), and have impacted the climatic system. Yet, systematic and comprehensive studies on various underlying processes and parameters in the altered nitrogen cycle, and their implications for the climatic system are still lacking. This paper reviews how the nitrogen cycle has been disturbed and altered by anthropogenic activities, with a central focus on potential pathways of N2O generation. The authors also estimate the N2O-N emission mainly due to anthropogenic activities will be around 8.316 Tg N2O-N yr-1 in 2050. In order to minimize and tackle the N2O emissions and its consequences on the global ecosystem and climate change, holistic mitigation strategies and diverse adaptations, policy reforms, and public awareness are suggested as vital considerations. This study concludes that rapidly increasing anthropogenic perturbations, the identification of new microbial communities, and their role in mediating biogeochemical processes now shape the modern nitrogen cycle.
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dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	ELSEVIER SCI LTD
dc.relation.ispartof	Environ Pollut
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dc.subject.classification	Environmental Sciences
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Nitrous Oxide
dc.subject.mesh	Fertilizers
dc.subject.mesh	Climate Change
dc.subject.mesh	Ecosystem
dc.subject.mesh	Carbon Dioxide
dc.subject.mesh	Nitrogen Cycle
dc.subject.mesh	Nitrogen
dc.subject.mesh	Reactive Nitrogen Species
dc.subject.mesh	Fossil Fuels
dc.subject.mesh	Water
dc.subject.mesh	Soil
dc.subject.mesh	Nitrification
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Carbon Dioxide
dc.subject.mesh	Nitrogen
dc.subject.mesh	Nitrous Oxide
dc.subject.mesh	Water
dc.subject.mesh	Reactive Nitrogen Species
dc.subject.mesh	Soil
dc.subject.mesh	Fertilizers
dc.subject.mesh	Ecosystem
dc.subject.mesh	Fossil Fuels
dc.subject.mesh	Climate Change
dc.subject.mesh	Nitrogen Cycle
dc.subject.mesh	Nitrification
dc.title	Nitrous oxide emission in altered nitrogen cycle and implications for climate change.
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	314
utslib.location.activity	England
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CTWW - Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater Treatment
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Abstract:

Natural processes and human activities play a crucial role in changing the nitrogen cycle and increasing nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions, which are accelerating at an unprecedented rate. N2O has serious global warming potential (GWP), about 310 times higher than that of carbon dioxide. The food production, transportation, and energy required to sustain a world population of seven billion have required dramatic increases in the consumption of synthetic nitrogen (N) fertilizers and fossil fuels, leading to increased N2O in air and water. These changes have radically disturbed the nitrogen cycle and reactive nitrogen species, such as nitrous oxide (N2O), and have impacted the climatic system. Yet, systematic and comprehensive studies on various underlying processes and parameters in the altered nitrogen cycle, and their implications for the climatic system are still lacking. This paper reviews how the nitrogen cycle has been disturbed and altered by anthropogenic activities, with a central focus on potential pathways of N2O generation. The authors also estimate the N2O-N emission mainly due to anthropogenic activities will be around 8.316 Tg N2O-N yr-1 in 2050. In order to minimize and tackle the N2O emissions and its consequences on the global ecosystem and climate change, holistic mitigation strategies and diverse adaptations, policy reforms, and public awareness are suggested as vital considerations. This study concludes that rapidly increasing anthropogenic perturbations, the identification of new microbial communities, and their role in mediating biogeochemical processes now shape the modern nitrogen cycle.

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