A Coherent Signature of Anthropogenic Nitrogen Deposition to Remote Watersheds of the Northern Hemisphere
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Deposition of reactive nitrogen from human activities occurred in the preindustrial era.
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The doubling of the surface reactive nitrogen reservoir (a result of fertilizer manufacture via the Haber-Bosch process) is reflected in nitrogen isotope changes in far-field lacustrine deposits.
“doubling of the surface reactive nitrogen reservoir (a result of fertilizer manufacture via the HabereBosch process), reflected in nitrogen isotope changes in far-field lacustrine deposits (Holtgrieve et al., 2011;Wolfe et al., 2013);”
From When did the Anthropocene begin? A mid-twentieth century boundary level is stratigraphically optimal (2015) · cites this paper as Holtgrieve et al., 2011
The 'Great Acceleration' originally identified by Steffen et al. (2007) as a step change in human activity on Earth appears, on current evidence, to be reflected in practically useable stratigraphic markers.
“The 'Great Acceleration' originally identified by Steffen et al. (2007) as a step change in human activity on Earth appears, on current evidence, to be reflected too in practically useable stratigraphic markers, as shown by a number of the studies in Waters et al. (2014a) together with others (e.g.Holtgrieve et al., 2011;Wolfe et al., 2013).”
From When did the Anthropocene begin? A mid-twentieth century boundary level is stratigraphically optimal (2015) · cites this paper as Holtgrieve et al., 2011
Northern Hemisphere lakes show increasingly depleted δ15N values, beginning ~1895 C.E. and accelerating over the past 60 years.
“Northern Hemisphere lakes show increasingly depleted δ 15 N values ( 53, 54 ), beginning ~1895 C.E. (Fig. 3B) and accelerating over the past 60 years.”
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- Authors
- Holtgrieve, G. W., Schindler, D. E., Hobbs, W. O., Leavitt, P. R., Ward, E. J., Bunting, L., Chen, G., Finney, B. P., Gregory-Eaves, I., Holmgren, S., Lisac, M. J., Lisi, P. J., Nydick, K., Rogers, L. A., Saros, J. E., Selbie, D. T., Shapley, M. D., Walsh, P. B., & Wolfe, A. P.
- Affiliations
- University of Washington (US)
- Science Museum of Minnesota (US)
- University of Regina (CA)
- NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (US)
- Yunnan Normal University (CN)
- Idaho State University (US)
- Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
- Lund University (SE)
- United States Fish and Wildlife Service (US)
- Mountain Studies Institute (US)
- University of Maine (US)
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada (CA)
- University of Alberta (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Holtgrieve, Gordon W.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2011-12-16
- Volume
- 334
- Issue
- 6062
- Pages
- 1545-1548
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2063297351
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- 370
- References
- 32
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- FWCI
- 19.83
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Science (publishedVersion)
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- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geochemistry and Petrology › Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
- Keywords
- anthropogenic nitrogen deposition, stable nitrogen isotopes, lake sediments, Northern Hemisphere, paleoecology
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