Impacts of atmospheric anthropogenic nitrogen on the open ocean

R. A. Duce; J. LaRoche; K. Altieri; K. R. Arrigo; A. R. Baker; D. G. Capone; S. Cornell; F. Dentener; J. Galloway; R. S. Ganeshram; R. J. Geider; T. Jickells; M. M. Kuypers; R. Langlois; P. S. Liss; S. M. Liu; J. J. Middelburg; C. M. Moore; S. Nickovic; A. Oschlies; T. Pedersen; J. Prospero; R. Schlitzer; S. Seitzinger; L. L. Sorensen; M. Uematsu; O. Ulloa; M. Voss; Bettie Ward; L. Zamora

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Impacts of atmospheric anthropogenic nitrogen on the open ocean

R. A. Duce, J. LaRoche, K. Altieri, K. R. Arrigo, A. R. Baker, D. G. Capone, S. Cornell, F. Dentener, J. Galloway, R. S. Ganeshram, R. J. Geider, T. Jickells, M. M. Kuypers, R. Langlois, P. S. Liss, S. M. Liu, J. J. Middelburg, C. M. Moore, S. Nickovic, A. OschliesT. Pedersen, J. Prospero, R. Schlitzer, S. Seitzinger, L. L. Sorensen, M. Uematsu, O. Ulloa, M. Voss, Bettie Ward, L. Zamora

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Increasing quantities of atmospheric anthropogenic fixed nitrogen entering the open ocean could account for up to about a third of the ocean's external (nonrecycled) nitrogen supply and up to ∼3% of the annual new marine biological production, ∼0.3 petagram of carbon per year. This input could account for the production of up to ∼1.6 teragrams of nitrous oxide (N ₂O) per year. Although ∼10% of the ocean's drawdown of atmospheric anthropogenic carbon dioxide may result from this atmospheric nitrogen fertilization, leading to a decrease in radiative forcing, up to about two-thirds of this amount may be offset by the increase in N₂O emissions. The effects of increasing atmospheric nitrogen deposition are expected to continue to grow in the future.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	893-897
Number of pages	5
Journal	Science
Volume	320
Issue number	5878
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1150369
State	Published - May 16 2008

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Duce, R. A., LaRoche, J., Altieri, K., Arrigo, K. R., Baker, A. R., Capone, D. G., Cornell, S., Dentener, F., Galloway, J., Ganeshram, R. S., Geider, R. J., Jickells, T., Kuypers, M. M., Langlois, R., Liss, P. S., Liu, S. M., Middelburg, J. J., Moore, C. M., Nickovic, S., ... Zamora, L. (2008). Impacts of atmospheric anthropogenic nitrogen on the open ocean. Science, 320(5878), 893-897. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1150369

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