Managing Nitrous Oxide Emissions in Agricultural Fields

Authors

Mark S. Coyne, University of KentuckyFollow
Wei Ren, University of KentuckyFollow

Abstract

Agriculture is a major contributor to atmospheric nitrous oxide (N₂O) (Smith et al., 2014; Tian et al., 2015). Unfortunately, nitrous oxide destroys stratospheric ozone (O₃) which protects us from ultraviolet radiation (Cicerone, 1989) and it increases ground level O_3, whichis an air pollutant threatening human health and food production. Nitrous oxide is also 298 times more potent than an equivalent amount of carbon dioxide (CO₂) in terms of trapping and absorbing reflected solar radiation (Forster et al., 2007). Basic chemistry and physics assure us that increased levels of N₂O in the atmosphere are not good.

Publication Date

9-2017

Volume

6

Number

1

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.13023/PSSRR.2017.1

Repository Citation

Coyne, Mark S. and Ren, Wei, "Managing Nitrous Oxide Emissions in Agricultural Fields" (2017). Plant and Soil Sciences Research Report. 9.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/pss_reports/9