Nitrogen pollution costs the European Union between €70 billion and €320 billion per year. This cost is more than double the value that nitrogen fertilizers are estimated to add to European farm…
Stikstofvervuiling kost de Europese Unie tussen de 70 en 320 miljard euro per jaar. De schade door stikstof uit de landbouw (25-145 miljard euro per jaar) is vergelijkbaar met de directe baten van…
De afgelopen vijf jaar hebben wetenschappers uit heel Europa een inventarisatie gemaakt van de weinig bekende stifstofproblematiek en de bedreigingen die hieruit voortkomen voor het milieu en onze…
For the last five years, scientists across Europe have chronicled the little-known nitrogen dilemma and the threats it poses to our environment and health – as well as how we can solve the problem.
Staatssecretaris Atsma van Milieu ontving op 5 april het eerste exemplaar van de ‘Staat van het Klimaat 2010’. De publicatie geeft een overzicht van relevante ontwikkelingen op het gebied van klimaat…
Options to accelerate ozone recovery: ozone and climate benefits
Hypothetical reductions in future emissions of ozone-depleting substances (ODSs) and N 2 O are evaluated in terms of effects on equivalent effective stratospheric chlorine (EESC), globally-averaged…
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 will focus on the incorporation of other…
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 in the basin. Therefore, nitrogen pollution is and…
Consequences of the cultivation of energy crops for the global nitrogen cycle
We quantified the impact of the production of energy crops on the global N cycle for the recently published OECD “Global cooperation for environmental policy” (GC) scenario. We project that large…