The marine nitrogen cycle: new developments and global change

DA Hutchins, DG Capone - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2022 - nature.com
The ocean is home to a diverse and metabolically versatile microbial community that
performs the complex biochemical transformations that drive the nitrogen cycle, including …

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Global carbon and other biogeochemical cycles and feedbacks

JG Canadell, PMS Monteiro, MH Costa… - Climate change 2021 …, 2023 - cambridge.org
It is unequivocal that the increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4)
and nitrous oxide (N2O) since the pre-industrial period are caused by human activities. The …

Many risky feedback loops amplify the need for climate action

WJ Ripple, C Wolf, TM Lenton, JW Gregg, SM Natali… - One Earth, 2023 - cell.com
Many feedback loops significantly increase warming due to greenhouse gas emissions.
However, not all of these feedbacks are fully accounted for in climate models. Thus …

Pathways of N2O production by marine ammonia-oxidizing archaea determined from dual-isotope labeling

XS Wan, L Hou, SJ Kao, Y Zhang… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The ocean is a net source of the greenhouse gas and ozone-depleting substance, nitrous
oxide (N2O), to the atmosphere. Most of that N2O is produced as a trace side product during …

Effects of acidification on nitrification and associated nitrous oxide emission in estuarine and coastal waters

J Zhou, Y Zheng, L Hou, Z An, F Chen, B Liu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
In the context of an increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) level, acidification of
estuarine and coastal waters is greatly exacerbated by land-derived nutrient inputs, coastal …

Stimulation of N2O emission via bacterial denitrification driven by acidification in estuarine sediments

X Su, T Wen, Y Wang, J Xu, L Cui, J Zhang… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ocean acidification in nitrogen‐enriched estuaries has raised global concerns. For decades,
biotic and abiotic denitrification in estuarine sediments has been regarded as the major …

Nitrifying niche in estuaries is expanded by the plastisphere

X Su, X Huang, Y Zhang, L Yang, T Wen… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The estuarine plastisphere, a novel ecological habitat in the Anthropocene, has garnered
global concerns. Recent geochemical evidence has pointed out its potential role in …

Advances in understanding of air–sea exchange and cycling of greenhouse gases in the upper ocean

HW Bange, P Mongwe, JD Shutler… - Elementa: Science of …, 2024 - online.ucpress.edu
The air–sea exchange and oceanic cycling of greenhouse gases (GHG), including carbon
dioxide (CO2), nitrous oxide (N2O), methane (CH4), carbon monoxide (CO), and nitrogen …

Epipelagic nitrous oxide production offsets carbon sequestration by the biological pump

XS Wan, HX Sheng, M Dai, KL Casciotti… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by the marine biological pump is a key
regulator of Earth's climate; however, the ocean also serves as a large source of nitrous …

Sustained bacterial N2O reduction at acidic pH

G He, G Chen, Y Xie, CM Swift, D Ramirez… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a climate-active gas with emissions predicted to increase due to
agricultural intensification. Microbial reduction of N2O to dinitrogen (N2) is the major …