scholarly journals The impact of anthropogenic nitrogen deposition on global forests: negative impacts far exceed the carbon benefits

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Gundale
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Deposition ◽  
Anthropogenic Nitrogen ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Anthropogenic Nitrogen Deposition

Reactive Nitrogen Cycling in the Atmosphere and Ocean

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katye E. Altieri ◽  
Sarah E. Fawcett ◽  
Meredith G. Hastings
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Deposition ◽  
North Pacific Ocean ◽  
Open Ocean ◽  
Reactive Nitrogen ◽  
Publication Date ◽  
Nitrogen Emissions ◽  
Nitrogen Inputs ◽  
Anthropogenic Nitrogen ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Anthropogenic Nitrogen Deposition

The budget of reactive nitrogen (Nr; oxidized and reduced inorganic and organic forms of nitrogen) has at least doubled since the preindustrial era due to human activities. There are significant detrimental effects of this excess Nr on many terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, although less is known about the impact on the open ocean. Nr deposition may already rival biological N2 fixation quantitatively and will likely continue to rise in the future. However, it is unclear how much of the Nr currently deposited to the ocean is external in origin. Understanding the importance of ocean Nr emissions versus external Nr deposition is key to quantifying the influence of deposition on ocean biogeochemistry and climate. This article reviews our understanding of the impacts of Nr deposition on the open ocean and the emissions of Nr from the ocean, placing particular emphasis on stable isotopes as a tool to investigate the surface ocean–lower atmosphere Nr cycle and its variations over time. ▪ The ocean has a dynamic exchange of reactive nitrogen with the atmosphere and is not just a passive recipient of nitrogen pollution from land. ▪ Tracing anthropogenic nitrogen deposition to the ocean is a challenge due to overlapping geochemical signatures with other nitrogen inputs. ▪ However, studies suggest an imprint of external (anthropogenic) nitrogen deposition in the Mediterranean Sea and North Pacific Ocean. ▪ Climate change will impact nitrogen emissions from the ocean through warming, acidification, stratification, and changes in food webs. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Volume 49 is May 2021. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

scholarly journals Quantifying the impact of anthropogenic nitrogen deposition on oceanic nitrous oxide

2012 ◽  
Vol 39 (7) ◽  
pp. n/a-n/a ◽  
Author(s):  
Parvadha Suntharalingam ◽  
Erik Buitenhuis ◽  
Corinne Le Quéré ◽  
Frank Dentener ◽  
Cynthia Nevison ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nitrous Oxide ◽  
Nitrogen Deposition ◽  
Anthropogenic Nitrogen ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Anthropogenic Nitrogen Deposition

21st-century rise in anthropogenic nitrogen deposition on a remote coral reef

Science ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 356 (6339) ◽  
pp. 749-752 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haojia Ren ◽  
Yi-Chi Chen ◽  
Xingchen T. Wang ◽  
George T. F. Wong ◽  
Anne L. Cohen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Nitrogen Deposition ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Anthropogenic Nitrogen ◽  
Anthropogenic Nitrogen Deposition

Anthropogenic Nitrogen Deposition Increases Soil Carbon by Enhancing New Carbon of the Soil Aggregate Formation

2019 ◽  
Vol 124 (3) ◽  
pp. 572-584 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruiying Chang ◽  
Wenjun Zhou ◽  
Yunting Fang ◽  
Haijian Bing ◽  
Xiangyang Sun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Carbon ◽  
Nitrogen Deposition ◽  
Soil Aggregate ◽  
Aggregate Formation ◽  
Anthropogenic Nitrogen ◽  
Anthropogenic Nitrogen Deposition

scholarly journals Separating the influences of diagenesis, productivity and anthropogenic nitrogen deposition on sedimentary δ15N variations

2014 ◽  
Vol 75 ◽  
pp. 140-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Brahney ◽  
A.P. Ballantyne ◽  
B.L. Turner ◽  
S.A. Spaulding ◽  
M. Otu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Deposition ◽  
Anthropogenic Nitrogen ◽  
Anthropogenic Nitrogen Deposition

Anthropogenic nitrogen deposition alters growth responses of European beech (Fagus sylvativa L.) to climate change

2018 ◽  
Vol 233 ◽  
pp. 92-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carsten Hess ◽  
Thomas Niemeyer ◽  
Andreas Fichtner ◽  
Kirstin Jansen ◽  
Matthias Kunz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Nitrogen Deposition ◽  
European Beech ◽  
Growth Responses ◽  
Anthropogenic Nitrogen ◽  
Anthropogenic Nitrogen Deposition

scholarly journals Chemical footprints of anthropogenic nitrogen deposition on recent soil C : N ratios in Europe

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 4315-4330 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Mulder ◽  
J.-P. Hettelingh ◽  
L. Montanarella ◽  
M. R. Pasimeni ◽  
M. Posch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Atmospheric Deposition ◽  
Nitrogen Deposition ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Terrestrial Ecosystems ◽  
Soil C ◽  
Human Interactions ◽  
Anthropogenic Nitrogen ◽  
Anthropogenic Nitrogen Deposition

Abstract. Long-term human interactions with landscape and nature produced a plethora of trends and patterns of environmental disturbances in time and space. Nitrogen deposition, closely tracking energy and land use, is known to be among the main pollution drivers, affecting both freshwater as terrestrial ecosystems. We investigated the geographical distribution of nitrogen deposition and the impacts of accumulation on recent soil carbon to nitrogen ratios over Europe. After the Second Industrial Revolution (1880–2010), large landscape stretches characterized by different atmospheric deposition caused either by industrialized areas or by intensive agriculture emerged. Nitrogen deposition affects in a still recognizable way recent soil C : N ratios despite the emission abatement of oxidized and reduced nitrogen during the last two decades. Given the seemingly disparate land-use history, we focused on ~ 10 000 unmanaged ecosystems, providing evidence for a rapid response of nature to chronic nitrogen supply by atmospheric deposition.

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