Resources - Nitrous Oxide

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March 14, 2025 NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory

Trends in Atmospheric Nitrous Oxide

View records of globally-averaged nitrous oxide abundance.

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November 1, 2024 United Nations Environment Programme

Global N2O Assessment

Highlights actionable steps to cut emissions by over 40%, with deeper reductions achievable through transformations in food systems and society.

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June 11, 2024

Global N cycle from the Global N2O budget

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March 15, 2024 One Earth

Review: The global potential for mitigating nitrous oxide emissions from croplands

Explores strategies to reduce fertilizer emissions from croplands, focusing on optimizing fertilization, irrigation, and dietary changes.

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August 18, 2023 United States Environmental Protection Agency

EPA Greenhouse Gas Inventory Data Explorer

View emissions from any U.S. sector.

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July 13, 2023 Applied Soil Ecology

Sub-surface drip irrigation reduced N2O emissions via inhibiting denitrification pathways in northern China

A study showing how targeted irrigation can reduce fertilizer emissions.

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January 4, 2023 Nature

Cost-effective mitigation of nitrogen pollution from global croplands

Identifies 11 key measures that can reduce nitrogen losses from croplands to air and water while increasing crop yield.

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December 1, 2022 Environmental Pollution

A summary of the microbial pathways (nitrification and denitrification) which create agricultural fertilizer emissions

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September 1, 2022 Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

Greenhouse gas reduction potential of agricultural best management practices

A Minnesota technical report describing the climate impact of 27 practices related to land use, cropping practices, and nutrient reduction.

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March 17, 2022 National Institutes of Health

Management Strategies to Mitigate N2O Emissions in Agriculture

Reviews the mechanisms triggering fertilizer emissions and the role of agricultural practices in their mitigation.

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October 13, 2021 Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems

CH4 and N2O Emissions From Cattle Excreta: A Review of Main Drivers and Mitigation Strategies in Grazing Systems

Describes the main factors of emissions from manure in bovine systems, especially grazing production systems.

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January 25, 2019 Global Biogeochemical Cycles

N2O emissions by source, 1961–2014

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Trends in Atmospheric Nitrous Oxide

Global N2O Assessment

Global N cycle from the Global N2O budget

Review: The global potential for mitigating nitrous oxide emissions from croplands

EPA Greenhouse Gas Inventory Data Explorer

Sub-surface drip irrigation reduced N2O emissions via inhibiting denitrification pathways in northern China

Cost-effective mitigation of nitrogen pollution from global croplands

A summary of the microbial pathways (nitrification and denitrification) which create agricultural fertilizer emissions

Greenhouse gas reduction potential of agricultural best management practices

Management Strategies to Mitigate N2O Emissions in Agriculture

CH4 and N2O Emissions From Cattle Excreta: A Review of Main Drivers and Mitigation Strategies in Grazing Systems

N2O emissions by source, 1961–2014