Climatic benefits from carbon sequestration are largely offset by increased nitrous oxide emissions, study finds
Monday, August 1, 2011 - 17:31
in Earth & Climate
Recent studies have shown that human nitrogen additions to terrestrial ecosystems increase the terrestrial carbon dioxide uptake from the atmosphere. A new study reports now that the climatic benefits from carbon sequestration are largely offset by increased nitrous oxide emissions, a further side-effect of human nitrogen additions to terrestrial ecosystems.