Cleaning up nitrogen pollution may reduce future carbon sinks

• Published in: Global environmental change Vol. 48; pp. 56 - 66
• Main Authors: Gu, Baojing, Ju, Xiaotang, Wu, Yiyun, Erisman, Jan Willem, Bleeker, Albert, Reis, Stefan, Sutton, Mark A., Lam, Shu Kee, Smith, Pete, Oenema, Oene, Smith, Rognvald I., Lu, Xuehe, Ye, Xinyue, Chen, Deli
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2018; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Anthropogenic factors; Atmosphere; Atmospheric models; Biosphere; Carbon dioxide; Carbon dioxide concentration; Carbon sequestration; Carbon sink; Carbon sinks; Carbon/nitrogen ratio; Cleaning; Climate change; Climate change models; Climate models; CO emission; CO2 emission; data collection; Deposition; Economic development; Economic growth; Economics; Emission analysis; Emissions; energy; Global climate; Global warming; greenhouse gas emissions; gross domestic product; Inflection points; Nitrogen; Nitrogen deposition; Pollution; Pollution control; Sinkholes; Stoichiometry; Climate change; Stoichiometry; Carbon sink; Nitrogen deposition; CO2 emission; Economic development
• ISSN: 0959-3780; 1872-9495
• DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2017.10.007

•Ratio of anthropogenic CO2 and N emissions to atmosphere monotonously increases with economic growth.•Anthropogenic CO2 and N emissions to atmosphere both show an asymmetric para-curve with economic growth.•Inflection points of CO2 and N emissions are found at around $15,000 GDP per capita.•There w...