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Climate: plants may absorb less carbon than expected

Considered natural allies against climate change due to their absorption of carbon dioxide, plants may however offer more ...
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Nitrogen emissions have a net cooling effect. But researchers warn against a climate solution

An international team of researchers has found that nitrogen emissions from fertilisers and fossil fuels have a net cooling effect on the climate. But they warn increasing atmospheric nitrogen has ...

Climate Models Got It Wrong: Plants Can’t Absorb As Much CO₂ As We Thought

Overestimated nitrogen availability has led climate models to exaggerate how much plant growth can offset rising CO2 levels. Rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are a major driver of ...
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Arctic rivers deliver less vital nitrogen as climate change alters water chemistry

Climate change is starving the Arctic Ocean of essential nutrients, with the region's six largest rivers now delivering far less of the type of nitrogen that marine ecosystems need to survive, ...
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Climate change is altering nitrogen composition in Arctic rivers, study finds

Climate change is starving the Arctic Ocean of essential nutrients, with the region's six largest rivers now delivering far less of the type of nitrogen that marine ecosystems need to survive, ...
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Nitrogen inquiry launched by Climate Change Committee

View of nitrogen fertilizer being applied to growing corn (maize) in a contoured, no-tilled field in Hardin County, Iowa. Source - USDA/Photo no. NRCSIA99241 by Lynn Betts. Public Domain View of ...