Publications

An overview of all important publications related to this dossier.

• Costs and Benefits of Nitrogen for Europe and Implications for Mitigation

  Cost-benefit analysis can be used to provide guidance for emerging policy priorities in reducing nitrogen (N) pollution. The results support the priority ... read more

  Article | 16-04-2013

• Our Nutrient World

  A new report commissioned by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) highlights how humans have massively altered the natural flows of nitrogen, ... read more

  Other type | 18-02-2013

• The Role of Nitrate in Human Health

  The EU and the World Health Organization apply a drinking water standard for nitrate in drinking water of 50 milligrams per litre. The risks to human ... read more

  Article | 31-01-2013

• Management, regulation and environmental impacts of nitrogen fertilization in north-western Europe under the Nitrates Directive; a benchmark study

  Implementation of the EU Nitrates Directive and its environmental impacts were compared for Member States in the north-west of the European Union (Ireland, ... read more

  Article | 14-12-2012

• Modellering op Europese schaal van grondwater denitrificatie en de bijbehorende lachgas productie

  Dit artikel beschrijft een ruimtelijk model waarmee het transport van stikstof (N) en denitrificatie - het proces waarbij bacteriën nitraat omzetten ... read more

  Article | 29-06-2012

• European-scale modelling of groundwater denitrification and associated N2O production

  This paper presents a spatially explicit model for simulating the transport of nitrogen (N) and the denitrification and associated production of nitrous ... read more

  Article | 29-06-2012

• Assessment of the environmental impacts and health benefits of a nitrogen emission control area in the North Sea

  Two studies have analysed the costs and benefits of creating a nitrogen emission control area in the North Sea and the English Channel. Such a control ... read more

  Report | 05-06-2012

• The IMAGE Model Suite used for the OECD Environmental Outlook to 2050

  In the Environmental Outlook to 2050 from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) a number of scenarios and projection ... read more

  Report | 15-03-2012

• OECD Environmental Outlook to 2050

  Based on joint modelling by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency ... read more

  Report | 15-03-2012

• Global projections for anthropogenic reactive nitrogen emissions to the atmosphere: an assessment of scenarios in the scientific literature

  Most long-term scenarios of global reactive nitrogen (Nr) emissions to the atmosphere are produced by Integrated Assessment Models in the context of ... read more

  Article | 17-09-2011

• Exploring global changes in nitrogen and phosphorus cycles in agriculture induced by livestock production over the 1900–2050 period

  Global nutrient surpluses will continue to increase in the next fifty years. This will lead to larger amounts of nutrients in soil and surface waters, ... read more

  Article | 06-06-2011

• Nitrogen: 'Too much of a good thing'

  Nitrogen pollution costs the European Union between €70 billion and €320 billion per year. This cost is more than double the value that nitrogen ... read more

  Article | 14-04-2011

• Europe’s Nitrogen Problem

  For the last five years, scientists across Europe have chronicled the little-known nitrogen dilemma and the threats it poses to our environment and ... read more

  Article | 11-04-2011

• Impact of future land use and land cover changes on atmospheric chemistry‐climate interactions

  To demonstrate potential future consequences of land cover and land use changes beyond those for physical climate and the carbon cycle, we present an ... read more

  Article | 02-12-2010

• Modeling of HABs and eutrophication: Status, advances, challenges

  A call for multidisciplinary approaches to solving coastal eutrophication problems

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  Article | 15-11-2010

• Water and nutrient fluxes from major Mediterranean and Black Sea rivers

  Because of the ongoing evolution toward dryer and warmer conditions, we predict a significant trend of decreasing freshwater fluxes for the future, ... read more

  Article | 22-10-2010

• Global Nutrient Export from WaterSheds 2 (NEWS 2): Model development and implementation

  NEWS 2 can be used as an effective tool to examine the impact of polices to reduce coastal eutrophication at regional to global scales. Continued enhancements ... read more

  Article | 15-07-2010

• Global river nutrient export: A scenario analysis of past and future trend

  Synthesis of the Global Nutrient export from Watersheds project.

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  Article | 13-05-2010

• Increasing anthropogenic nitrogen inputs and riverine DIN exports from the Changjiang River basin

  Our result indicates that anthropogenically enhanced N inputs dominate and will continue to dominate river DIN yields under changing human pressures ... read more

  Article | 24-04-2010

• N:P:Si nutrient export ratios and ecological consequences in coastal seas evaluated by the ICEP approach

  Calculated Indicator for Coastal Eutrophication Potential (ICEP) for the year 2050 based on Global NEWS data for the four Millennium Ecosystem Assessment ... read more

  Article | 23-04-2010