A comprehensive quantification of global nitrous oxide sources and sinks
Open accessAbstract
Nitrous oxide (N 2 O), like carbon dioxide, is a long-lived greenhouse gas that accumulates in the atmosphere. Over the past 150 years, increasing atmospheric N 2 O concentrations have contributed to stratospheric ozone depletion 1 and climate change 2, with the current rate of increase estimated at 2 per cent per decade. Existing national inventories do not provide a full picture of N 2 O emissions, owing to their omission of natural sources and limitations in methodology for attributing anthropogenic sources. Here we present a global N 2 O inventory that incorporates both natural and anthropogenic sources and accounts for the interaction between nitrogen additions and the biochemical processes that control N 2 O emissions. We use bottom-up (inventory, statistical extrapolation of flux measurements, process-based land and ocean modelling) and top-down (atmospheric inversion) approaches to provide a comprehensive quantification of global N 2 O sources and sinks resulting from 21 natural and human sectors between 1980 and 2016. Global N 2 O emissions were 17.0 (minimum-maximum estimates: 12.2-23.5) teragrams of nitrogen per year (bottom-up) and 16.9 (15.9-17.7) teragrams of nitrogen per year (top-down) between 2007 and 2016. Global human-induced emissions, which are dominated by nitrogen additions to croplands, increased by 30% over the past four decades to 7.3 (4.2-11.4) teragrams of nitrogen per year. This increase was mainly responsible for the growth in the atmospheric burden. Our findings point to growing N 2 O emissions in emerging economies-particularly Brazil, China and India. Analysis of process-based model estimates reveals an emerging N 2 O-climate feedback resulting from interactions between nitrogen additions and climate change. The recent growth in N 2 O emissions exceeds some of the highest projected emission scenarios 3,4, underscoring the urgency to mitigate N 2 O emissions.
Integrity signals
Registry
Cites
Statistics
Claims the paper makes
Claims other papers make about this one
Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?
Anthropogenic sources contributed 43% of total N2O emission of about 7.3 Tg per year, 1-4% of which originated from medical sources.
“Regarding N2O, anthropogenic sources contributed 43% of the total N2O emission of about 7.3 Tg per year, 1–4% of which originated from medical sources.20,34”
From A call for immediate climate action in anesthesiology: routine use of minimal or metabolic fresh gas flow reduces our ecological footprint (2023) · cites this paper as [34]
In 2014, inhalational anesthetics accounted for worldwide emission of approximately 3 Mt CO2e.
“In 2014, inhalational anesthetics accounted for worldwide emission of approximately 3 Mt CO2e.”
From A call for immediate climate action in anesthesiology: routine use of minimal or metabolic fresh gas flow reduces our ecological footprint (2023) · cites this paper as [34]
Agriculture is responsible for approximately 70% of global anthropogenic N2O emissions, largely due to the inefficient use of nitrogen fertilisers.
“Agriculture is responsible for approximately 70% of global anthropogenic N 2 O emissions (Tian et al., 2020), largely due to the inefficient use of nitrogen fertilisers.”
From Carbon for soils, not soils for carbon (2023) · cites this paper as Tian et al., 2020
Cites
Climate change 2007: the physical science basis
Solomon, S., Qin, D., Manning, M., Marquis, M. C., Averyt, K. B., Tignor, M., Miller, H. L., & Chen, Z. (2007) · Cited by 23,398 · see citing works
Riahi, K., van Vuuren, D. P., Kriegler, E., Edmonds, J., O’Neill, B. C., Fujimori, S., Bauer, N., Calvin, K., Dellink, R., Fricko, O., et al. (2017) · Global Environmental Change · doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2016.05.009 · Cited by 6,607 · see citing works
The Scenario Model Intercomparison Project (ScenarioMIP) for CMIP6
O'Neill, B. C., Tebaldi, C., van Vuuren, D. P., Eyring, V., Friedlingstein, P., Hurtt, G., Knutti, R., Kriegler, E., Lamarque, J.-F., Lowe, J., et al. (2016) · Geoscientific Model Development · doi:10.5194/gmd-9-3461-2016 · Cited by 5,241 · see citing works
Managing nitrogen for sustainable development.
Zhang, X., Davidson, E. A., Mauzerall, D. L., Searchinger, T. D., Dumas, P., & Shen, Y. (2015) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature15743 · Cited by 3,054 · see citing works
Self-citationNitrous oxide emissions from soils: how well do we understand the processes and their controls?
Butterbach‐Bahl, K., Baggs, E. M., Dannenmann, M., Kiese, R., & Zechmeister‐Boltenstern, S. (2013) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rstb.2013.0122 · Cited by 2,927 · see citing works
(2013) · Cited by 2,540 · see citing works
Global fire emissions estimates during 1997–2016
(2017) · doi:10.5194/essd-9-697-2017 · Cited by 2,493 · see citing works
(2006) · OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) · Cited by 1,982 · see citing works
Pursuing sustainable productivity with millions of smallholder farmers
Cui, Z., Zhang, H., Chen, X., Zhang, C., Ma, W., Huang, C., Zhang, W., Mi, G., Miao, Y., Li, X., et al. (2018) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature25785 · Cited by 1,336 · see citing works
Self-citationCrutzen, P. J., Mosier, A. R., Smith, K. A., & Winiwarter, W. (2007) · doi:10.5194/acpd-7-11191-2007 · Cited by 1,298 · see citing works
Self-citationCrutzen, P. J., Mosier, A. R., Smith, K. A., & Winiwarter, W. (2008) · Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics · doi:10.5194/acp-8-389-2008 · Cited by 1,298 · see citing works
Self-citationA human-driven decline in global burned area
Andela, N., Morton, D. C., Giglio, L., Chen, Y., van der Werf, G. R., Kasibhatla, P. S., DeFries, R. S., Collatz, G. J., Hantson, S., Kloster, S., et al. (2017) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.aal4108 · Cited by 1,262 · see citing works
Herrero, M., Havlík, P., Valin, H., Notenbaert, A., Rufino, M. C., Thornton, P. K., Blümmel, M., Weiss, F., Grace, D., & Obersteiner, M. (2013) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1308149110 · Cited by 1,254 · see citing works
Shcherbak, I., Millar, N., & Robertson, G. P. (2014) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1322434111 · Cited by 1,204 · see citing works
Closing the global N2O budget: nitrous oxide emissions through the agricultural nitrogen cycle
Mosier, A., Kroeze, C., Nevison, C., Oenema, O., Seitzinger, S., & van Cleemput, O. (1998) · Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems · doi:10.1023/a:1009740530221 · Cited by 1,198 · see citing works
Global agriculture and nitrous oxide emissions
Reay, D. S., Davidson, E. A., Smith, K. A., Smith, P., Melillo, J. M., Dentener, F., & Crutzen, P. J. (2012) · Nature Climate Change · doi:10.1038/nclimate1458 · Cited by 1,086 · see citing works
Self-citationThe contribution of manure and fertilizer nitrogen to atmospheric nitrous oxide since 1860
Davidson, E. A. (2009) · Nature Geoscience · doi:10.1038/ngeo608 · Cited by 1,075 · see citing works
Self-citationMicrobiological basis of NO and N2O production and consumption in soil.
Firestone, M. K., & Davidson, E. A. (1989) · Cited by 1,072 · see citing works
Self-citationHoughton, R. A., Hobbie, J. E., Melillo, J. M., Moore, B., Peterson, B. J., Shaver, G., & Woodwell, G. M. (1983) · Ecological Monographs · doi:10.2307/1942531 · Cited by 928 · see citing works
EDGAR v4.3.2 Global Atlas of the three major greenhouse gas emissions for the period 1970–2012
Janssens‐Maenhout, G., Crippa, M., Guizzardi, D., Muntean, M., Schaaf, E., Dentener, F. J., Bergamaschi, P., Pagliari, V., Olivier, J. G. J., Peters, J. A. H. W., et al. (2019) · Earth system science data · doi:10.5194/essd-11-959-2019 · Cited by 817 · see citing works
Self-citationMcGUIRE, A. D., Sitch, S. A., Clein, J. S., Dargaville, R., ESSER, G., Foley, J. A., Heimann, M., Joos, F., Kaplan, J. O., Kicklighter, D. W., et al. (2001) · Global Biogeochemical Cycles · doi:10.1029/2000gb001298 · Cited by 767 · see citing works
Self-citationThe global lightning-induced nitrogen oxides source
Schumann, U., & Huntrieser, H. (2007) · Atmospheric chemistry and physics · doi:10.5194/acp-7-3823-2007 · Cited by 709 · see citing works
The global nitrous oxide budget revisited
Syakila, A., & Kroeze, C. (2011) · Greenhouse Gas Measurement and Management · doi:10.3763/ghgmm.2010.0007 · Cited by 655 · see citing works
The terrestrial biosphere as a net source of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere
Tian, H., Lü, C., Ciais, P., Michalak, A. M., Canadell, J. G., Saikawa, E., Huntzinger, D. N., Gurney, K. R., Sitch, S. A., Zhang, B., et al. (2016) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature16946 · Cited by 633 · see citing works
Self-citationThe growth rate and distribution of atmospheric methane
(1994) · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · doi:10.1029/94jd01245 · Cited by 595 · see citing works
Beusen, A. H. W., Bouwman, L., van Beek, R., Mogollón, J. M., & Middelburg, J. J. (2016) · Biogeosciences · doi:10.5194/bg-13-2441-2016 · Cited by 590 · see citing works
Prather, M., Holmes, C., & Hsu, J. (2012) · Geophysical Research Letters · doi:10.1029/2012gl051440 · Cited by 588 · see citing works
Self-citationA three-dimensional model of the global ammonia cycle
Dentener, F. J., & Crutzen, P. J. (1994) · Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry · doi:10.1007/bf00694492 · Cited by 552 · see citing works
N2O emissions from managed soils, and CO2 emissions from lime and urea application
Hergoualc'h, K. A., Akiyama, H., Bernoux, M., Chirinda, N., del Prado, A., Kasimir, Å., MacDonald, J. D., Ogle, S. M., Regina, K., & van der Weerden, T. J. (2019) · CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research) · Cited by 508 · see citing works
Closing the global N2O budget: A retrospective analysis 1500–1994
Kroeze, C., Mosier, A. R., & Bouwman, L. (1999) · Global Biogeochemical Cycles · doi:10.1029/1998gb900020 · Cited by 486 · see citing works
Recuperation of nitrogen cycling in Amazonian forests following agricultural abandonment
Davidson, E. A., de Carvalho, C. J. R., Figueira, A. M. E. S., ISHIDA, F. Y., Ometto, J. P., Nardoto, G. B., Sabá, R. T., Hayashi, S. N., Leal, E. C., Vieira, I. C. G., et al. (2007) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature05900 · Cited by 484 · see citing works
Self-citationAcceleration of global N2O emissions seen from two decades of atmospheric inversion
Thompson, R. L., Lassaletta, L., Patra, P. K., Wilson, C., Wells, K. C., Gressent, A., Koffi, E. N., Chipperfield, M. P., Winiwarter, W., Davidson, E. A., et al. (2019) · Nature Climate Change · doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0613-7 · Cited by 468 · see citing works
Self-citationHoughton, J. T., Filho, L. G. M., Lim, B., Treanton, K., Mamaty, I., Oecd, P. E., & Iea, P. E. (1997) · Cited by 439 · see citing works
The nitrogen legacy: emerging evidence of nitrogen accumulation in anthropogenic landscapes
Meter, K. J. V., Basu, N. B., Veenstra, J. J., & Burras, C. L. (2016) · Environmental Research Letters · doi:10.1088/1748-9326/11/3/035014 · Cited by 429 · see citing works
Keller, M., & Reiners, W. A. (1994) · Global Biogeochemical Cycles · doi:10.1029/94gb01660 · Cited by 418 · see citing works
Inventories and scenarios of nitrous oxide emissions
Davidson, E. A., & Kanter, D. (2014) · Environmental Research Letters · doi:10.1088/1748-9326/9/10/105012 · Cited by 390 · see citing works
Self-citationTian, H., Yang, J., Xu, R., Lu, C., Canadell, J. G., Davidson, E. A., Jackson, R. B., Arneth, A., Chang, J., Ciais, P., et al. (2019) · Global Change Biology · doi:10.1111/gcb.14514 · Cited by 384 · see citing works
Self-citationNitrous Oxide (N2O) Emission from Aquaculture: A Review
Hu, Z., Lee, J. W., Chandran, K., Kim, S., & Khanal, S. K. (2012) · Environmental Science & Technology · doi:10.1021/es300110x · Cited by 363 · see citing works
Quantifying greenhouse gas emissions from global aquaculture
MacLeod, M. J., Hasan, M. R., Robb, D., & Rashid, M. M. (2020) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-020-68231-8 · Cited by 348 · see citing works
Self-citationGlobally important nitrous oxide emissions from croplands induced by freeze–thaw cycles
Wagner‐Riddle, C., Congreves, K. A., Ábalos, D., van den Berg, A. A., Brown, S. E., Ambadan, J. T., Gao, X., & Tenuta, M. (2017) · Nature Geoscience · doi:10.1038/ngeo2907 · Cited by 340 · see citing works
Verchot, L. V., Davidson, E. A., Cattãnio, J. H., Ackerman, I. L., Erickson, H. E., & Keller, M. (1999) · Global Biogeochemical Cycles · doi:10.1029/1998gb900019 · Cited by 336 · see citing works
Self-citationMeasuring and modeling the lifetime of nitrous oxide including its variability
Prather, M. J., Hsu, J. C., DeLuca, N. M., Jackman, C. H., Oman, L. D., Douglass, A. R., Fleming, E. L., Strahan, S. E., Steenrod, S. D., Søvde, O. A., et al. (2015) · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · doi:10.1002/2015jd023267 · Cited by 327 · see citing works
Self-citationPrinn, R., Weiss, R., Arduini, J., Arnold, T., DeWitt, H., Fraser, P., Ganesan, A., Gasore, J., Harth, C., Hermansen, O., et al. (2018) · Earth System Science Data · doi:10.5194/essd-10-985-2018 · Cited by 321 · see citing works
Self-citationThe PRIMAP-hist national historical emissions time series
Gütschow, J., Jeffery, M. L., Gieseke, R., Gebel, R., Stevens, D., Krapp, M., & Rocha, M. (2016) · Earth System Science Data · doi:10.5194/essd-8-571-2016 · Cited by 297 · see citing works
Rapid growth in greenhouse gas emissions from the adoption of industrial-scale aquaculture
Yuan, J., Xiang, J., Liu, D., Kang, H., He, T., Kim, S., Lin, Y., Freeman, C., & Ding, W. (2019) · Nature Climate Change · doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0425-9 · Cited by 289 · see citing works
Nitrous oxide emissions are enhanced in a warmer and wetter world
Griffis, T. J., Chen, Z., Baker, J. M., Wood, J. D., Millet, D. B., Lee, X., Venterea, R. T., & Turner, P. (2017) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1704552114 · Cited by 287 · see citing works
Self-citationComparative terrestrial feed and land use of an aquaculture-dominant world
Froehlich, H. E., Runge, C. A., Gentry, R. R., Gaines, S. D., & Halpern, B. S. (2018) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1801692115 · Cited by 275 · see citing works
Increased global nitrous oxide emissions from streams and rivers in the Anthropocene
Yao, Y., Tian, H., Shi, H., Pan, S., Xu, R., Pan, N., & Canadell, J. G. (2019) · Nature Climate Change · doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0665-8 · Cited by 264 · see citing works
Self-citationThe Global N2O Model Intercomparison Project
Tian, H., Yang, J., Lü, C., Xu, R., Canadell, J. G., Jackson, R. B., Arneth, A., Chang, J., Chen, G., Ciais, P., et al. (2018) · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society · doi:10.1175/bams-d-17-0212.1 · Cited by 262 · see citing works
Self-citationCarbon benefits of anthropogenic reactive nitrogen offset by nitrous oxide emissions
Zaehle, S., Ciais, P., Friend, A. D., & Prieur, V. (2011) · Nature Geoscience · doi:10.1038/ngeo1207 · Cited by 256 · see citing works
Self-citationTrends and seasonal cycles in the isotopic composition of nitrous oxide since 1940
Park, S., Croteau, P., Boering, K. A., Etheridge, D. M., Ferretti, D. F., Fraser, P. J., Kim, K. R., Krummel, P. B., Langenfelds, R. L., van Ommen, T. D., et al. (2012) · Nature Geoscience · doi:10.1038/ngeo1421 · Cited by 250 · see citing works
Self-citationNitrous oxide fluxes in estuarine environments: response to global change
Murray, R., Erler, D., & Eyre, B. (2015) · Global Change Biology · doi:10.1111/gcb.12923 · Cited by 242 · see citing works
Self-citationNitrous oxide emissions from inland waters: Are IPCC estimates too high?
Maavara, T., Lauerwald, R., Laruelle, G. G., Akbarzadeh, Z., Bouskill, N., Cappellen, P. V., & Regnier, P. A. G. (2018) · Global Change Biology · doi:10.1111/gcb.14504 · Cited by 238 · see citing works
Self-citationPärn, J., Verhoeven, J. T. A., Butterbach‐Bahl, K., Dise, N. B., Ullah, S., Aasa, A., Egorov, S., Espenberg, M., Järveoja, J., Jauhiainen, J., et al. (2018) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03540-1 · Cited by 222 · see citing works
Data-driven estimates of global nitrous oxide emissions from croplands
Wang, Q., Zhou, F., Shang, Z., Ciais, P., Winiwarter, W., Jackson, R. B., Tubiello, F. N., Janssens‐Maenhout, G., Tian, H., Cui, X., et al. (2019) · National Science Review · doi:10.1093/nsr/nwz087 · Cited by 204 · see citing works
Self-citationThe potential for feedback effects induced by global warming on emissions of nitrous oxide by soils
SMITH, K. (1997) · Global Change Biology · doi:10.1046/j.1365-2486.1997.00100.x · Cited by 186 · see citing works
GLOBAL MAPS OF ATMOSPHERIC NITROGEN DEPOSITION, 1860, 1993, AND 2050
Dentener, F. J. (2006) · doi:10.3334/ornldaac/830 · Cited by 186 · see citing works
High nitrous oxide production from thawing permafrost
Elberling, B., Christiansen, H. H., & Hansen, B. U. (2010) · Nature Geoscience · doi:10.1038/ngeo803 · Cited by 183 · see citing works
The NOAA nitrous oxide standard scale for atmospheric observations
Hall, B. D., Dutton, G. S., & Elkins, J. W. (2007) · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · doi:10.1029/2006jd007954 · Cited by 177 · see citing works
Self-citationNitrous oxide emissions from forests and pastures of various ages in the Brazilian Amazon
Melillo, J. M., Steudler, P. A., Feigl, B. J., Neill, C., Garcia, D., Píccolo, M. D. C., Cerri, C. E. P., & Tian, H. (2001) · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · doi:10.1029/2000jd000036 · Cited by 156 · see citing works
Self-citationMosier, A. R., & Kroeze, C. (2000) · Chemosphere - Global Change Science · doi:10.1016/s1465-9972(00)00039-8 · Cited by 132 · see citing works
Battaglia, G., & Joos, F. (2017) · Global Biogeochemical Cycles · doi:10.1002/2017gb005671 · Cited by 130 · see citing works
Self-citationQuantifying the nitrous oxide source from coastal upwelling
Nevison, C. D., Lueker, T. J., & Weiss, R. F. (2004) · Global Biogeochemical Cycles · doi:10.1029/2003gb002110 · Cited by 130 · see citing works
Self-citationvan Lent, J., Hergoualc'h, K. A., & Verchot, L. V. (2015) · Biogeosciences · doi:10.5194/bg-12-7299-2015 · Cited by 128 · see citing works
Technical opportunities to reduce global anthropogenic emissions of nitrous oxide
Winiwarter, W., Höglund-Isaksson, L., Klimont, Z., Schöpp, W., & Amann, M. C. (2017) · Environmental Research Letters · doi:10.1088/1748-9326/aa9ec9 · Cited by 126 · see citing works
Self-citationBouwman, L., Beusen, A. H. W., Overbeek, C. C., Bureau, D., Pawlowski, M., & Glibert, P. M. (2013) · Reviews in Fisheries Science · doi:10.1080/10641262.2013.790340 · Cited by 125 · see citing works
Patra, P. K., Takigawa, M., Watanabe, S., Chandra, N., Ishijima, K., & Yamashita, Y. (2018) · SOLA · doi:10.2151/sola.2018-016 · Cited by 123 · see citing works
Self-citationSmith, K. A., Mosier, A. R., Crutzen, P. J., & Winiwarter, W. (2012) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rstb.2011.0313 · Cited by 118 · see citing works
Self-citationAn estimate of the global sink for nitrous oxide in soils
Schlesinger, W. H. (2013) · Global Change Biology · doi:10.1111/gcb.12239 · Cited by 115 · see citing works
Bouwman, L., Pawłowski, M., Liu, C., Beusen, A. H. W., Shumway, S. E., Glibert, P. M., & Overbeek, C. C. (2011) · Reviews in Fisheries Science · doi:10.1080/10641262.2011.603849 · Cited by 109 · see citing works
Coupling of Nitrous Oxide and Methane by Global Atmospheric Chemistry
Prather, M. J., & Hsu, J. C. (2010) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1196285 · Cited by 102 · see citing works
Self-citationNatural Lakes Are a Minor Global Source of N 2 O to the Atmosphere
Lauerwald, R., Regnier, P. A. G., Figueiredo, V., Enrich‐Prast, A., Bastviken, D., Lehner, B., Maavara, T., & Raymond, P. A. (2019) · Global Biogeochemical Cycles · doi:10.1029/2019gb006261 · Cited by 101 · see citing works
Self-citationDeclining spatial efficiency of global cropland nitrogen allocation
Mueller, N. D., Lassaletta, L., Runck, B. C., Billen, G., Garnier, J., & Gerber, J. S. (2017) · Global Biogeochemical Cycles · doi:10.1002/2016gb005515 · Cited by 92 · see citing works
Nitrous oxide emissions 1999 to 2009 from a global atmospheric inversion
Thompson, R. L., Chevallier, F., Crotwell, A. M., Dutton, G. S., Langenfelds, R. L., Prinn, R. G., Weiss, R. F., Tohjima, Y., Nakazawa, T., Krummel, P. B., et al. (2014) · Atmospheric chemistry and physics · doi:10.5194/acp-14-1801-2014 · Cited by 89 · see citing works
Self-citationA post-Kyoto partner: Considering the stratospheric ozone regime as a tool to manage nitrous oxide
Kanter, D., Mauzerall, D. L., Ravishankara, A. R., Daniel, J. S., Portmann, R. W., Grabiel, P. M., Moomaw, W. R., & Galloway, J. N. (2013) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1222231110 · Cited by 87 · see citing works
Dangal, S. R. S., Tian, H., Xu, R., Chang, J., Canadell, J. G., Ciais, P., Pan, S., Yang, J., & Zhang, B. (2019) · Global Biogeochemical Cycles · doi:10.1029/2018gb006091 · Cited by 87 · see citing works
Self-citationQuantifying the impact of anthropogenic nitrogen deposition on oceanic nitrous oxide
Suntharalingam, P., Buitenhuis, E. T., Quéré, C. L., Dentener, F. J., Nevison, C. D., Butler, J. H., Bange, H. W., & Forster, G. L. (2012) · Geophysical Research Letters · doi:10.1029/2011gl050778 · Cited by 85 · see citing works
Self-citationNitrous oxide from aquaculture
Williams, J., & Crutzen, P. J. (2010) · Nature Geoscience · doi:10.1038/ngeo804 · Cited by 83 · see citing works
Representative concentration pathways and mitigation scenarios for nitrous oxide
Davidson, E. A. (2012) · Environmental Research Letters · doi:10.1088/1748-9326/7/2/024005 · Cited by 72 · see citing works
Self-citationConstraints on global oceanic emissions of N 2 O from observations and models
Buitenhuis, E. T., Suntharalingam, P., & Quéré, C. L. (2018) · Biogeosciences · doi:10.5194/bg-15-2161-2018 · Cited by 70 · see citing works
Self-citationProjections of oceanic N 2 O emissions in the 21st century using the IPSL Earth system model
Martinez-Rey, J., Bopp, L., Gehlen, M., Tagliabue, A., & Gruber, N. (2015) · Biogeosciences · doi:10.5194/bg-12-4133-2015 · Cited by 69 · see citing works
Self-citationYang, J., Tian, H., Tao, B., Ren, W., Kush, J. S., Liu, Y., & Wang, Y. (2014) · Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences · doi:10.1002/2013jg002532 · Cited by 69 · see citing works
Self-citationA review of fire projects in Indonesia (1982-1998)
Dennis, R. A. (1999) · Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) eBooks · doi:10.17528/cifor/000564 · Cited by 68 · see citing works
The origin of the anomalous or “mass‐independent” oxygen isotope fractionation in tropospheric N2O
Röckmann, T., Kaiser, J., Crowley, J. N., Brenninkmeijer, C. A. M., & Crutzen, P. J. (2001) · Geophysical Research Letters · doi:10.1029/2000gl012295 · Cited by 68 · see citing works
Murray, R. H., Erler, D. V., Rosentreter, J. A., Wells, N. S., & Eyre, B. D. (2020) · Marine Chemistry · doi:10.1016/j.marchem.2020.103779 · Cited by 62 · see citing works
Self-citationErler, D. V., Duncan, T., Murray, R. H., Maher, D. T., dos Santos, I. R., Gatland, J. R., Mangion, P., & Eyre, B. D. (2015) · Limnology and Oceanography Methods · doi:10.1002/lom3.10032 · Cited by 59 · see citing works
Self-citationNeglecting sinks for N2O at the earth's surface: does it matter?
Syakila, A., Kroeze, C., & Slomp, C. P. (2010) · Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences · doi:10.1080/1943815x.2010.497492 · Cited by 58 · see citing works
Increased nitrogen enrichment and shifted patterns in the world's grassland: 1860–2016
Xu, R., Tian, H., Pan, S., Dangal, S. R. S., Jian, C., Chang, J., Lü, Y., Skiba, U., Tubiello, F. N., & Zhang, B. (2019) · Earth system science data · doi:10.5194/essd-11-175-2019 · Cited by 54 · see citing works
Self-citationWilson, C., Chipperfield, M. P., Gloor, M. U., & Chevallier, F. (2014) · Geoscientific model development · doi:10.5194/gmd-7-2485-2014 · Cited by 52 · see citing works
Self-citationManizza, M., Keeling, R. F., & Nevison, C. D. (2012) · Tellus B · doi:10.3402/tellusb.v64i0.18429 · Cited by 38 · see citing works
The impact of animal production systems on the nitrogen cycle
Galloway, J. N., Dentener, F. J., Burke, M., Dumont, E., Bouwman, L., Kohn, R. A., Mooney, H. A., Seitzinger, S. P., & Kroeze, C. (2010) · Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling · Cited by 32 · see citing works
The coastal zone: past, present, and future
(2001) · Choice Reviews Online · doi:10.5860/choice.39-1558 · Cited by 28 · see citing works
Kaiser, J., & Röckmann, T. (2005) · Geophysical Research Letters · doi:10.1029/2005gl023199 · Cited by 25 · see citing works
Wells, K. C., Millet, D. B., Bousserez, N., Henze, D. K., Chaliyakunnel, S., Griffis, T. J., Luan, Y., Dlugokencky, E. J., Prinn, R. G., O’Doherty, S., et al. (2015) · Geoscientific model development · doi:10.5194/gmd-8-3179-2015 · Cited by 24 · see citing works
Self-citationSuntharalingam, P., Zamora, L. M., Bange, H. W., Bikkina, S., Buitenhuis, E. T., Kanakidou, M., Lamarque, J., Landolfi, A., Resplandy, L., Sarin, M. M., et al. (2019) · Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography · doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2019.03.007 · Cited by 20 · see citing works
Self-citationQuantifying and mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from global aquaculture
MacLeod, M. J., Hasan, M. R., Robb, D., & Mamun-ur-Rashid, M. (2019) · Cited by 18 · see citing works
Self-citationEstimates of Oceanic Nitrous-oxide Emissions from Global Biogeochemistry Models
Suntharalingam, P., Battaglia, G., Berthet, S., Buithenuis, E., Landolfi, A., Manizza, M., Martinez-Rey, J., Andrews, O., Thompson, R. L., Nevison, C. D., et al. (2018) · AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts · Cited by 1 · see citing works
Self-citation
Flagged first, then by citations
Cited by
Sorted by citations
The Global Methane Budget 2000–2017
Saunois, M., Stavert, A. R., Poulter, B., Bousquet, P., Canadell, J. G., Jackson, R. B., Raymond, P. A., Dlugokencky, E. J., Houweling, S., Patra, P. K., et al. (2020) · Earth System Science Data · doi:10.5194/essd-12-1561-2020 · Cited by 2,711 · see citing works
Self-citationSoil structure and microbiome functions in agroecosystems
Hartmann, M., & Six, J. (2022) · Nature Reviews Earth & Environment · doi:10.1038/s43017-022-00366-w · Cited by 1,355 · see citing works
A review of trends and drivers of greenhouse gas emissions by sector from 1990 to 2018
Lamb, W. F., Wiedmann, T., Pongratz, J., Andrew, R. M., Crippa, M., Olivier, J. G. J., Wiedenhofer, D., Mattioli, G., Khourdajie, A. A., House, J. I., et al. (2021) · Environmental Research Letters · doi:10.1088/1748-9326/abee4e · Cited by 1,222 · see citing works
Greenhouse gases emissions and global climate change: Examining the influence of CO2, CH4, and N2O
Filonchyk, M., Peterson, M. P., Zhang, L., Hurynovich, V., & He, Y. (2024) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173359 · Cited by 1,222 · see citing works
The global methane budget 2000–2012
Saunois, M., Bousquet, P., Poulter, B., Peregon, A. M., Ciais, P., Canadell, J. G., Dlugokencky, E. J., Etiope, G., Bastviken, D., Houweling, S., et al. (2016) · Earth system science data · doi:10.5194/essd-8-697-2016 · Cited by 1,067 · see citing works
Self-citationClimate change exacerbates the environmental impacts of agriculture
Yang, Y., Tilman, D. G., Jin, Z., Smith, P., Barrett, C. B., Zhu, Y., Burney, J. A., D’Odorico, P., Fantke, P., Fargione, J., et al. (2024) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.adn3747 · Cited by 604 · see citing works
Menegat, S., Ledo, A., & Tirado, R. (2022) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-022-18773-w · Cited by 563 · see citing works
Jones, M. W., Peters, G. P., Gasser, T., Andrew, R. M., Schwingshackl, C., Gütschow, J., Houghton, R. A., Friedlingstein, P., Pongratz, J., & Quéré, C. L. (2023) · Scientific Data · doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02041-1 · Cited by 542 · see citing works
Self-citationGlobal Methane Budget 2000–2020
Saunois, M., Martinez, A., Poulter, B., Zhang, Z., Raymond, P. A., Regnier, P. A. G., Canadell, J. G., Jackson, R. B., Patra, P. K., Bousquet, P., et al. (2025) · Earth system science data · doi:10.5194/essd-17-1873-2025 · Cited by 495 · see citing works
Self-citationLynch, J., Cain, M., Frame, D., & Pierrehumbert, R. (2021) · Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems · doi:10.3389/fsufs.2020.518039 · Cited by 414 · see citing works
Biogeography of global drylands
Maestre, F. T., Benito, B. M., Berdugo, M., Concostrina‐Zubiri, L., Delgado‐Baquerizo, M., Eldridge, D. J., Guirado, E., Gross, N., Kéfi, S., Bagousse‐Pinguet, Y. L., et al. (2021) · New Phytologist · doi:10.1111/nph.17395 · Cited by 402 · see citing works
Forest expansion dominates China’s land carbon sink since 1980
Yu, Z., Ciais, P., Piao, S. L., Houghton, R. A., Lü, C., Tian, H., Agathokleous, E., Kattel, G., Sitch, S. A., Goll, D. S., et al. (2022) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-022-32961-2 · Cited by 372 · see citing works
Self-citationThe marine nitrogen cycle: new developments and global change
Hutchins, D. A., & Capone, D. G. (2022) · Nature Reviews Microbiology · doi:10.1038/s41579-022-00687-z · Cited by 349 · see citing works
Global nitrous oxide budget (1980–2020)
Tian, H., Pan, N., Thompson, R. L., Canadell, J. G., Suntharalingam, P., Regnier, P. A. G., Davidson, E. A., Prather, M. J., Ciais, P., Muntean, M., et al. (2024) · Earth system science data · doi:10.5194/essd-16-2543-2024 · Cited by 324 · see citing works
Self-citationRaza, T., Qadir, M. F., Khan, K. S., Eash, N. S., Yousuf, M., Chatterjee, S., Manzoor, R., Rehman, S. U., & Oetting, J. N. (2023) · Journal of Environmental Management · doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118529 · Cited by 303 · see citing works
Lu, X. H., Ye, X., Zhou, M., Zhao, Y., Weng, H., Kong, H., Li, K., Gao, M. C., Zheng, B., Lin, J., et al. (2021) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-021-25147-9 · Cited by 292 · see citing works
Self-citationMartínez-Dalmau, J., Berbel, J., & Ordóñez‐Fernández, R. (2021) · Sustainability · doi:10.3390/su13105625 · Cited by 290 · see citing works
Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Uses (AFOLU)
Change, I. P. O. C. (2023) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781009157926.009 · Cited by 287 · see citing works
Electrochemical Reduction of Gaseous Nitrogen Oxides on Transition Metals at Ambient Conditions
Ko, B. H., Hasa, B., Shin, H., Zhao, Y., & Jiao, F. (2022) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/jacs.1c10535 · Cited by 281 · see citing works
Actions to halt biodiversity loss generally benefit the climate
Shin, Y., Midgley, G. F., Archer, E. R. M., Arneth, A., Barnes, D. K. A., Chan, L., Hashimoto, S., Hoegh‐Guldberg, O., Insarov, G., Leadley, P., et al. (2022) · Global Change Biology · doi:10.1111/gcb.16109 · Cited by 253 · see citing works
Self-citationStructure and function of the soil microbiome underlying N2O emissions from global wetlands
Bahram, M., Espenberg, M., Pärn, J., Lehtovirta‐Morley, L. E., Anslan, S., Kasak, K., Kõljalg, U., Liira, J., Maddison, M., Moora, M., et al. (2022) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-022-29161-3 · Cited by 250 · see citing works
Carbon for soils, not soils for carbon
Moinet, G. Y. K., Hijbeek, R., van Vuuren, D. P., & Giller, K. E. (2023) · Global Change Biology · doi:10.1111/gcb.16570 · Cited by 249 · see citing works
Deng, Z., Ciais, P., Tzompa‐Sosa, Z. A., Saunois, M., Qiu, C., Tan, C., Sun, T., Ke, P., Cui, Y., Tanaka, K., et al. (2022) · Earth system science data · doi:10.5194/essd-14-1639-2022 · Cited by 245 · see citing works
Self-citationEdwards, T. M., Puglis, H. J., Kent, D. B., Durán, J. L., Bradshaw, L. M., & Farag, A. M. (2023) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167911 · Cited by 243 · see citing works
OECD Environment Working Papers
OECD (2010) · OECD environment working papers · doi:10.1787/19970900 · Cited by 233 · see citing works
Methane and Nitrous Oxide Emissions Complicate Coastal Blue Carbon Assessments
Rosentreter, J. A., Al-Haj, A. N., Fulweiler, R. W., & Williamson, P. C. (2021) · Global Biogeochemical Cycles · doi:10.1029/2020gb006858 · Cited by 226 · see citing works
Xian, J., Li, S., Su, H. D., Liao, P., Wang, S., Zhang, Y., Yang, W., Yang, J., Sun, Y., Jia, Y., et al. (2023) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.202304007 · Cited by 219 · see citing works
Self-citationPotential benefits of liming to acid soils on climate change mitigation and food security
Wang, Y., Yao, Z., Zhan, Y., Zheng, X., Zhou, M., Yan, G., Wang, L., Werner, C., & Butterbach‐Bahl, K. (2021) · Global Change Biology · doi:10.1111/gcb.15607 · Cited by 215 · see citing works
Global mapping of crop-specific emission factors highlights hotspots of nitrous oxide mitigation
Cui, X., Zhou, F., Ciais, P., Davidson, E. A., Tubiello, F. N., Niu, X. M., Ju, X., Canadell, J. G., Bouwman, L., Jackson, R. B., et al. (2021) · Nature Food · doi:10.1038/s43016-021-00384-9 · Cited by 214 · see citing works
Self-citationMinx, J. C., Lamb, W. F., Andrew, R. M., Canadell, J. G., Crippa, M., Döbbeling-Hildebrandt, N., Forster, P. M. D. F., Guizzardi, D., Olivier, J. G. J., Peters, G. P., et al. (2021) · Earth system science data · doi:10.5194/essd-13-5213-2021 · Cited by 212 · see citing works
Self-citationLand Use Effects on Climate: Current State, Recent Progress, and Emerging Topics
Pongratz, J., Schwingshackl, C., Bultan, S., Obermeier, W. A., Havermann, F., & Guo, S. (2021) · Current Climate Change Reports · doi:10.1007/s40641-021-00178-y · Cited by 204 · see citing works
Rewetting global wetlands effectively reduces major greenhouse gas emissions
Zou, J., Ziegler, A. D., Chen, D., McNicol, G., Ciais, P., Jiang, X., Zheng, C., Wu, J., Wu, J., Lin, Z., et al. (2022) · Nature Geoscience · doi:10.1038/s41561-022-00989-0 · Cited by 200 · see citing works
Self-citationMitigation of China’s carbon neutrality to global warming
Li, L., Zhang, Y., Zhou, T., Wang, K., Wang, C., Wang, T., Yuan, L., An, K., Zhou, C., & Lü, G. (2022) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-022-33047-9 · Cited by 193 · see citing works
Sitch, S. A., O’Sullivan, M., Robertson, E., Friedlingstein, P., Albergel, C., Anthoni, P. M., Arneth, A., Arora, V. K., Bastos, A., Bastrikov, V., et al. (2024) · Global Biogeochemical Cycles · doi:10.1029/2024gb008102 · Cited by 192 · see citing works
Self-citationAddressing nitrogenous gases from croplands toward low-emission agriculture
Pan, S.-Y., He, K.-H., Lin, K.-T., Fan, C., & Chang, C.-T. (2022) · npj Climate and Atmospheric Science · doi:10.1038/s41612-022-00265-3 · Cited by 190 · see citing works
Self-citationAnastasiou, K., Baker, P., Hadjikakou, M., Hendrie, G. A., & Lawrence, M. A. (2022) · Journal of Cleaner Production · doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.133155 · Cited by 166 · see citing works
Shakoor, A., Shahzad, S. M., Chatterjee, N., Arif, M. S., Farooq, T. H., Altaf, M. M., Tufail, M. A., Dar, A. A., & Mehmood, T. (2021) · Journal of Environmental Management · doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112170 · Cited by 164 · see citing works
Recent advancement in water quality indicators for eutrophication in global freshwater lakes
Suresh, K., Tang, T., van Vliet, M. T. H., Bierkens, M. F. P., Strokal, M., Sorger-Domenigg, F., & Wada, Y. (2023) · Environmental Research Letters · doi:10.1088/1748-9326/acd071 · Cited by 163 · see citing works
Nitrous oxide sources, mechanisms and mitigation
Zhu, G., Shi, H., Zhong, L., He, G., Wang, B., Shan, J., Han, P., Liu, T., Wang, S., Liu, C., et al. (2025) · Nature Reviews Earth & Environment · doi:10.1038/s43017-025-00707-5 · Cited by 162 · see citing works
Self-citationUnlocking bacterial potential to reduce farmland N2O emissions
Hiis, E. G., Vick, S. H. W., Molstad, L., Røsdal, K., Jonassen, K. R., Winiwarter, W., & Bakken, L. R. (2024) · Nature · doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07464-3 · Cited by 159 · see citing works
Self-citationLevintal, E., Kniffin, M. L., Ganot, Y., Marwaha, N., Murphy, N. P., & Dahlke, H. E. (2022) · Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology · doi:10.1080/10643389.2022.2050160 · Cited by 154 · see citing works
Northrup, D. L., Basso, B., Wang, M., Morgan, C. L. S., & Benfey, P. N. (2021) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.2022666118 · Cited by 145 · see citing works
Vicca, S., Goll, D. S., Hagens, M., Hartmann, J., Janssens, I. A., Neubeck, A., Peñuelas, J., Poblador, S., Rijnders, J., Sardans, J., et al. (2021) · Global Change Biology · doi:10.1111/gcb.15993 · Cited by 145 · see citing works
Saha, D., Basso, B., & Robertson, G. P. (2020) · Environmental Research Letters · doi:10.1088/1748-9326/abd2f3 · Cited by 142 · see citing works
Denitrification in soil as a function of oxygen availability at the microscale
Rohe, L., Apelt, B., Vogel, H. J., Well, R., Wu, G., & Schlüter, S. (2021) · Biogeosciences · doi:10.5194/bg-18-1185-2021 · Cited by 141 · see citing works
Intermediate soil acidification induces highest nitrous oxide emissions
Qiu, Y., Zhang, Y., Zhang, K., Xu, X., Zhao, Y., Bai, T., Zhao, Y., Wang, H., Sheng, X., Bloszies, S., et al. (2024) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-024-46931-3 · Cited by 136 · see citing works
Atmospheric methane removal: a research agenda
Jackson, R. B., Abernethy, S., Canadell, J. G., Cargnello, M., Davis, S. J., Feron, S. C., Fuss, S., Heyer, A. J., Hong, C., JONES, C. D., et al. (2021) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences · doi:10.1098/rsta.2020.0454 · Cited by 133 · see citing works
Self-citationMicrobial Responses to Biochar Soil Amendment and Influential Factors: A Three-Level Meta-Analysis
Kerner, P., Struhs, E., Mirkouei, A., Aho, K. A., Lohse, K. A., Dungan, R. S., & You, Y. (2023) · Environmental Science & Technology · doi:10.1021/acs.est.3c04201 · Cited by 134 · see citing works
Bo, X., Zhang, Z., Wang, J., Guo, S., Li, Z., Lin, H., Huang, Y., Han, Z., Kuzyakov, Y. V., & Zou, J. (2023) · Biochar · doi:10.1007/s42773-023-00279-x · Cited by 133 · see citing works
Self-citationProgress and challenges in nitrous oxide decomposition and valorization
Wu, X., Du, J., Gao, Y., Wang, H., Zhang, C., Zhang, R., He, H., Lu, G. Q., & Wu, Z. (2024) · Chemical Society Reviews · doi:10.1039/d3cs00919j · Cited by 133 · see citing works
Wang, H., Yan, Z., Ju, X., Song, X., Zhang, J., Li, S., & Zhu‐Barker, X. (2023) · Frontiers in Microbiology · doi:10.3389/fmicb.2022.1110151 · Cited by 131 · see citing works
Global engineering effects of soil invertebrates on ecosystem functions
Wu, D., Du, E., Eisenhauer, N., Mathieu, J., & Chu, C. (2025) · Nature · doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08594-y · Cited by 131 · see citing works
Reducing soil nitrogen losses from fertilizer use in global maize and wheat production
Wang, C., Shen, Y., Fang, X., Xiao, S., Liu, G., Wang, L., Gu, B., Zhou, F., Chen, D., Tian, H., et al. (2024) · Nature Geoscience · doi:10.1038/s41561-024-01542-x · Cited by 130 · see citing works
Self-citationOversimplification and misestimation of nitrous oxide emissions from wastewater treatment plants
Song, C., Zhu, J., Willis, J., Moore, D. P., Zondlo, M. A., & Ren, Z. J. (2024) · Nature Sustainability · doi:10.1038/s41893-024-01420-9 · Cited by 129 · see citing works
Sustainable agriculture for food and nutritional security
Mrabet, R. (2023) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-323-90500-8.00013-0 · Cited by 127 · see citing works
Falconnier, G. N., Cardinael, R., Corbeels, M., Baudron, F., Chivenge, P., Couëdel, A., Ripoche, A., Affholder, F., Naudin, K., Benaillon, E., et al. (2023) · Outlook on Agriculture · doi:10.1177/00307270231199795 · Cited by 125 · see citing works
Strategies to improve soil health by optimizing the plant–soil–microbe–anthropogenic activity nexus
Wang, L., Lu, P., Feng, S., Hamel, C., Sun, D., Siddique, K. H. M., & Gan, G. Y. (2023) · Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment · doi:10.1016/j.agee.2023.108750 · Cited by 124 · see citing works
Managing urban development could halve nitrogen pollution in China
Deng, O., Wang, S., Ran, J., Huang, S., Zhang, X., Duan, J., Zhang, L., Xia, Y., Reis, S., Xu, J., et al. (2024) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-023-44685-y · Cited by 120 · see citing works
Tian, H., Bian, Z., Shi, H., Qin, X., Pan, N., Lü, C., Pan, S., Tubiello, F. N., Chang, J., Conchedda, G., et al. (2022) · Earth system science data · doi:10.5194/essd-14-4551-2022 · Cited by 119 · see citing works
Self-citationGlobal riverine nitrous oxide emissions: The role of small streams and large rivers
Marzadri, A., Amatulli, G., Tonina, D., Bellin, A., Shen, L. Q., Allen, G. H., & Raymond, P. A. (2021) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145148 · Cited by 116 · see citing works
Self-citationFrostegård, Å., Vick, S. H. W., Lim, N. Y. N., Bakken, L. R., & Shapleigh, J. P. (2021) · The ISME Journal · doi:10.1038/s41396-021-01045-2 · Cited by 116 · see citing works
Soil moisture determines nitrous oxide emission and uptake
Liu, H., Zheng, X., Li, Y., Yu, J., Ding, H. J., Sveen, T. R., & Zhang, Y. (2022) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153566 · Cited by 116 · see citing works
Harris, E., Yu, L., Wang, Y., Mohn, J., Henne, S., Bai, E., Barthel, M., Bauters, M., Boeckx, P., Dorich, C. D., et al. (2022) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-022-32001-z · Cited by 116 · see citing works
Self-citationIncreased nitrous oxide emissions from global lakes and reservoirs since the pre-industrial era
Li, Y., Tian, H., Yao, Y., Shi, H., Bian, Z., Shi, Y., Wang, S., Maavara, T., Lauerwald, R., & Pan, S. (2024) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-024-45061-0 · Cited by 116 · see citing works
Self-citationNitrous oxide emissions from agricultural soils challenge climate sustainability in the US Corn Belt
Lawrence, N. C., Tenesaca, C. G., VanLoocke, A. D., & Hall, S. J. (2021) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.2112108118 · Cited by 115 · see citing works
Global net climate effects of anthropogenic reactive nitrogen
Gong, C., Tian, H., Liao, H., Pan, N., Pan, S., Ito, A., Jain, A. K., Kou‐Giesbrecht, S., Joos, F., Sun, Q., et al. (2024) · Nature · doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07714-4 · Cited by 114 · see citing works
Self-citationIntegrated eco-strategies towards sustainable carbon and nitrogen cycling in agriculture
Harindintwali, J. D., Zhou, J., Muhoza, B., Wang, F., Herzberger, A., & Yu, X. (2021) · Journal of Environmental Management · doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112856 · Cited by 112 · see citing works
A Synthesis of Global Coastal Ocean Greenhouse Gas Fluxes
Resplandy, L., Hogikyan, A., Müller, J. D., Najjar, R. G., Bange, H. W., Bianchi, D., Weber, T., Cai, W., Doney, S. C., Fennel, K., et al. (2024) · Global Biogeochemical Cycles · doi:10.1029/2023gb007803 · Cited by 112 · see citing works
Self-citationCatalytic synthesis of phenols with nitrous oxide
Vaillant, F. L., Mateos-Calbet, A., González‐Pelayo, S., Reijerse, E. J., Ni, S., Busch, J., & Cornellà, J. (2022) · Nature · doi:10.1038/s41586-022-04516-4 · Cited by 111 · see citing works
A global meta‐analysis of nitrous oxide emission from drip‐irrigated cropping system
Kuang, W., Gao, X., Tenuta, M., & Zeng, F. (2021) · Global Change Biology · doi:10.1111/gcb.15636 · Cited by 106 · see citing works
The global potential for mitigating nitrous oxide emissions from croplands
Cui, X., Bo, Y., Adalibieke, W., Winiwarter, W., Zhang, X., Davidson, E. A., Sun, Z., Tian, H., Smith, P., & Zhou, F. (2024) · One Earth · doi:10.1016/j.oneear.2024.01.005 · Cited by 106 · see citing works
Self-citationDirect Eight-Electron N2O Electroreduction to NH3 Enabled by an Fe Double-Atom Catalyst
Wu, D., Chen, K., Lv, P., Ma, Z., Chu, K., & Ma, D. (2024) · Nano Letters · doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c00576 · Cited by 104 · see citing works
Review of nitrous oxide direct catalytic decomposition and selective catalytic reduction catalysts
Zhuang, Z., Guan, B., Chen, J., Zheng, C., Zhou, J., Su, T., Chen, Y., Zhu, C., Hu, X., Zhao, S., et al. (2024) · Chemical Engineering Journal · doi:10.1016/j.cej.2024.150374 · Cited by 103 · see citing works
Zhang, Y., Zhang, F., Ábalos, D., Luo, Y., Hui, D., Hungate, B. A., García‐Palacios, P., Kuzyakov, Y. V., Olesen, J. E., Jørgensen, U., et al. (2021) · Global Change Biology · doi:10.1111/gcb.16042 · Cited by 102 · see citing works
Yao, Z., Guo, H., Wang, Y., Zhan, Y., Zhang, T., Wang, R., Zheng, X., & Butterbach‐Bahl, K. (2024) · Global Change Biology · doi:10.1111/gcb.17177 · Cited by 101 · see citing works
Liu, H., Yang, S., Wang, G., Liu, H., Peng, Y., Sun, C., Li, J., & Chen, J. (2022) · Environmental Science & Technology · doi:10.1021/acs.est.2c06677 · Cited by 98 · see citing works
Tradeoffs and synergies in wetland multifunctionality: A scaling issue
Hambäck, P. A., Dawson, L., Geranmayeh, P., Jarsjö, J., Kačergytė, I., Peacock, M., Collentine, D., Destouni, G., Futter, M. N., Hugelius, G., et al. (2022) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160746 · Cited by 98 · see citing works
Zhang, C., Song, X., Zhang, Y., Wang, D., Rees, R. M., & Ju, X. (2022) · Global Change Biology · doi:10.1111/gcb.16198 · Cited by 97 · see citing works
Ramm, E., Liu, C., Ambus, P., Butterbach‐Bahl, K., Hu, B., Martikainen, P. J., Marushchak, M. E., Mueller, C. W., Rennenberg, H., Schloter, M., et al. (2021) · Environmental Research Letters · doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ac417e · Cited by 95 · see citing works
Inland Water Greenhouse Gas Budgets for RECCAP2: 2. Regionalization and Homogenization of Estimates
Lauerwald, R., Allen, G. H., Deemer, B. R., Liu, S., Maavara, T., Raymond, P. A., Alcott, L., Bastviken, D., Hastie, A., Holgerson, M. A., et al. (2023) · Global Biogeochemical Cycles · doi:10.1029/2022gb007658 · Cited by 94 · see citing works
Self-citationRelative importance between nitrification and denitrification to N 2 O from a global perspective
Han, B., Yao, Y., Liu, B., Wang, Y., Su, X., Ma, L., Liu, D., Niu, S., Chen, X., & Li, Z. (2023) · Global Change Biology · doi:10.1111/gcb.17082 · Cited by 94 · see citing works
Self-citationNitrogen and phosphorus trends in lake sediments of China may diverge
Ji, P., Chen, J., Chen, R., Liu, J., Yu, C., & Chen, F. (2024) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-024-46968-4 · Cited by 94 · see citing works
Localized nitrogen management strategies can halve fertilizer use in Chinese staple crop production
Liu, Y., Zhuang, M., Xia, L., Lam, S. K., Chen, D., Malik, A., Li, M., Lenzen, M., Zhang, L., Zhang, R., et al. (2024) · Nature Food · doi:10.1038/s43016-024-01057-z · Cited by 93 · see citing works
Schulte‐Uebbing, L., Ros, G. H., & VRIES, W. D. (2021) · Global Change Biology · doi:10.1111/gcb.15960 · Cited by 90 · see citing works
Nutrient regulation of lipochitooligosaccharide recognition in plants via NSP1 and NSP2
Li, X.-R., Sun, J., Albinsky, D., Zarrabian, D., Hull, R., Lee, T. H., Jarratt-Barnham, E., Chiu, C. H., Jacobsen, A., Soumpourou, E., et al. (2022) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-022-33908-3 · Cited by 90 · see citing works
Fertilizer N triggers native soil N-derived N2O emissions by priming gross N mineralization
Xu, C., Zhu, H., Wang, J., Ji, C., Liu, Y., Chen, D., Zhang, H., Wang, J., & Zhang, Y. (2023) · Soil Biology and Biochemistry · doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2023.108961 · Cited by 90 · see citing works
Self-citationParticle-associated denitrification is the primary source of N2O in oxic coastal waters
Wan, X. S., Sheng, H., Liu, L., Shen, H., Tang, W., Zou, W., Xu, M., Zheng, Z., Tan, E., Chen, M., et al. (2023) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-023-43997-3 · Cited by 90 · see citing works
The anaerobic soil volume as a controlling factor of denitrification: a review
Schlüter, S., Lucas, M., Grosz, B., Ippisch, O., Zawallich, J., He, H., Dechow, R., Kraus, D., Blagodatsky, S., Şenbayram, M., et al. (2024) · Biology and Fertility of Soils · doi:10.1007/s00374-024-01819-8 · Cited by 89 · see citing works
Wang, G., Xia, X., Liu, S., Zhang, S., Yan, W., & McDowell, W. H. (2021) · Environmental Science & Technology · doi:10.1021/acs.est.1c00647 · Cited by 88 · see citing works
The Zero Emissions Commitment and climate stabilization
Corner, S. P., Siegert, M. J., Ceppi, P., Fox‐Kemper, B., Frölicher, T. L., Gallego-Sala, A. V., Haigh, J. D., Hegerl, G. C., JONES, C. D., Knutti, R., et al. (2023) · Frontiers in Science · doi:10.3389/fsci.2023.1170744 · Cited by 88 · see citing works
Self-citationConventional agriculture increases global warming while decreasing system sustainability
Abdo, A. I., Sun, D., Shi, Z., Abdel-Fattah, M. K., Zhang, J., & Kuzyakov, Y. V. (2024) · Nature Climate Change · doi:10.1038/s41558-024-02170-4 · Cited by 87 · see citing works
Su, X., Wen, T., Wang, Y., Xu, J., Li, C., Zhang, J., Xue, X., Ding, K., Tang, Y., & Zhu, Y. (2021) · Global Change Biology · doi:10.1111/gcb.15863 · Cited by 86 · see citing works
Yin, Y., Wang, Z., Tian, X., Wang, Y., Cong, J., & Cui, Z. (2021) · Global Change Biology · doi:10.1111/gcb.15860 · Cited by 86 · see citing works
Hergoualc'h, K. A., Mueller, N. D., Bernoux, M., Kasimir, Å., van der Weerden, T. J., & Ogle, S. M. (2021) · Global Change Biology · doi:10.1111/gcb.15884 · Cited by 86 · see citing works
Practical Guide to Measuring Wetland Carbon Pools and Fluxes
Bansal, S., Creed, I. F., Tangen, B. A., Bridgham, S. D., Desai, A. R., Krauss, K. W., Neubauer, S. C., Noe, G. B., Rosenberry, D. O., Trettin, C., et al. (2023) · Wetlands · doi:10.1007/s13157-023-01722-2 · Cited by 86 · see citing works
Sustainable wastewater management through nitrogen-cycling microorganisms
Liu, T., Duan, H., Lücker, S., Zheng, M., Daims, H., Yuan, Z., & Guo, J. (2024) · Nature Water · doi:10.1038/s44221-024-00307-5 · Cited by 86 · see citing works
Li, B., Duan, X., Zhao, T. K., Niu, B., Li, G., Zhao, Z., Yang, Z., Liu, D., Zhang, F., Cheng, J., et al. (2024) · Environmental Science & Technology · doi:10.1021/acs.est.3c09741 · Cited by 85 · see citing works
Zhou, Y., Xu, X., Song, K., Yeerken, S., Deng, M., Li, L., Riya, S., Wang, Q., & Terada, A. (2021) · Water Research · doi:10.1016/j.watres.2021.117489 · Cited by 84 · see citing works
Thawing Yedoma permafrost is a neglected nitrous oxide source
Marushchak, M. E., Kerttula, J., Diáková, K., Faguet, A., Gil, J., Grosse, G., Knoblauch, C., Lashchinskiy, N. N., Martikainen, P. J., Morgenstern, A., et al. (2021) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-021-27386-2 · Cited by 83 · see citing works
Soil Nitrous Oxide Emissions by Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition over Global Agricultural Systems
Yang, Y., Liu, L., Zhang, F., Zhang, X., Xu, W. H., Liu, X., Wang, Z., & Xie, Y. (2021) · Environmental Science & Technology · doi:10.1021/acs.est.0c08004 · Cited by 82 · see citing works
- Authors
- Tian, H., Xu, R., Canadell, J. G., Thompson, R. L., Winiwarter, W., Suntharalingam, P., Davidson, E. A., Ciais, P., Jackson, R. B., Janssens-Maenhout, G., Prather, M. J., Regnier, P., Pan, N., Pan, S., Peters, G. P., Shi, H., Tubiello, F. N., Zaehle, S., Zhou, F., Arneth, A., Battaglia, G., Berthet, S., Bopp, L., Bouwman, A. F., Buitenhuis, E. T., Chang, J., Chipperfield, M. P., Dangal, S. R. S., Dlugokencky, E., Elkins, J. W., Eyre, B. D., Fu, B., Hall, B., Ito, A., Joos, F., Krummel, P. B., Landolfi, A., Laruelle, G. G., Lauerwald, R., Li, W., Lienert, S., Maavara, T., MacLeod, M., Millet, D. B., Olin, S., Patra, P. K., Prinn, R. G., Raymond, P. A., Ruiz, D. J., van der Werf, G. R., Vuichard, N., Wang, J., Weiss, R. F., Wells, K. C., Wilson, C., Yang, J., & Yao, Y.
- Affiliations
- Auburn University (US)
- CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere (AU)
- NILU (NO)
- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (AT)
- University of East Anglia (GB)
- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (US)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Stanford University (US)
- University of California, Irvine (US)
- Université Libre de Bruxelles (BE)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- CICERO Center for International Climate Research (NO)
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (IT)
- Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry (DE)
- Peking University (CN)
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE)
- University of Bern (CH)
- University of Leeds (GB)
- Woodwell Climate Research Center (US)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
- Southern Cross University (AU)
- National Institute for Environmental Studies (JP)
- GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (DE)
- Yale University (US)
- Scotland's Rural College (GB)
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Lund University (SE)
- Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JP)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
- Ocean University of China (CN)
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography (US)
- Mississippi State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Tian, Hanqin
- ORCID
- Tian, Hanqin
- Xu, Rongting
- Canadell, Josep G.
- Thompson, Rona L.
- Winiwarter, Wilfried
- Suntharalingam, Parvadha
- Davidson, Eric A.
- Ciais, Philippe
- Jackson, Robert B.
- Janssens-Maenhout, Greet
- Prather, Michael J.
- Regnier, Pierre
- Pan, Naiqing
- Pan, Shufen
- Peters, Glen P.
- Shi, Hao
- Tubiello, Francesco N.
- Zaehle, Sönke
- Zhou, Feng
- Arneth, Almut
- Battaglia, Gianna
- Berthet, Sarah
- Bopp, Laurent
- Buitenhuis, Erik T.
- Chang, Jinfeng
- Chipperfield, Martyn P.
- Dangal, Shree R. S.
- Dlugokencky, Edward
- Elkins, James W.
- Eyre, Bradley D.
- Fu, Bojie
- Hall, Bradley
- Ito, Akihiko
- Joos, Fortunat
- Krummel, Paul B.
- Landolfi, Angela
- Laruelle, Goulven G.
- Lauerwald, Ronny
- Li, Wei
- Lienert, Sebastian
- Maavara, Taylor
- MacLeod, Michael
- Millet, Dylan B.
- Olin, Stefan
- Patra, Prabir K.
- Prinn, Ronald G.
- Raymond, Peter A.
- Ruiz, Daniel J.
- Vuichard, Nicolas
- Wang, Junjie
- Weiss, Ray F.
- Wells, Kelley C.
- Wilson, Chris
- Yang, Jia
- Yao, Yuanzhi
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2020-10-07
- Volume
- 586
- Issue
- 7828
- Pages
- 248-256
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W3092621662
- Cited by
- 1,959
- References
- 97
- Citations by year
- 2026: 300 · 2025: 404 · 2024: 414 · 2023: 321 · 2022: 320 · 2021: 178 · 2020: 18 · 2016: 2
- FWCI
- 77.91
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Nature (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- VU Research Portal (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) (acceptedVersion)
- Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR) (acceptedVersion)
- IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis) (submittedVersion)
- UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia) (submittedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion)
- Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern) (submittedVersion)
- Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
- Lund University Publications (Lund University) (submittedVersion)
- NORA - Norwegian Open Research Archives (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Joint Research Centre (European Commission) (submittedVersion)
- MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion)
- Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University) (submittedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation (NNX10AU06G, 1922687, 1903722, 1243232, NNX11AD47G)
- U.S. Department of Energy (DESC0012536)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NNX10AU06G, NNX14AO73G, NNX17AI74G, NNX14AO73G, NNX10AU06G, NNX11AD47G and NNX14AF93G, NNX16AC97G, NNX14AF93G, NNX16AC96G, NNX13AL12G, NNX11AD47G, NNX17AK18G, NNX16AC98G)
- Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services Division
- Scottish Government
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SFB‐754)
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (2016-2021, ANR-16-CONV-0003)
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (56910, 172476)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (2017YFA0604702, 41671464, 41961124006, 1903722)
- Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (016.160.324)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NA13OAR4310086, NA16NOS4780207, NA16NOS4780204)
- Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (821003, 647204, 820989, 776810, EC H2020, 641816, 2016-2021)
- Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine
- Natural Environment Research Council (NE/R016518/1, nceo020004)
- Australian Research Council (LP150100519, LP190100271)
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (821003, 17H01867)
- Climate Program Office
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (B628407)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
- Keywords
- nitrous oxide, nitrous oxide emissions, greenhouse gas inventory, anthropogenic emissions, N2O sinks, temperature inversion, bottom-up estimation, emerging markets
- MeSH terms
- Agriculture, Atmosphere, Human Activities, Nitrogen, Nitrous Oxide, Crops, Agricultural, Internationality
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›
Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review
