Aerosol deposition impacts on land and ocean carbon cycles

NM Mahowald, R Scanza, J Brahney… - Current Climate Change …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Atmospheric aerosol deposition is an important source of
nutrients and pollution to many continental and marine ecosystems. Humans have heavily …

Short-Lived Climate Forcers (Chapter 6)

S Szopa, V Naik, B Adhikary, P Artaxo, T Berntsen… - 2021 - cambridge.org
Short‑lived climate forcers (SLCFs) affect climate and are, in most cases, also air pollutants.
They include aerosols (sulphate, nitrate, ammonium, carbonaceous aerosols, mineral dust …

Closing maize yield gaps in sub-Saharan Africa will boost soil N2O emissions

S Leitner, DE Pelster, C Werner, L Merbold… - Current Opinion in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Maize yields in sub-Sahara Africa are low due to low fertilizer input.•This creates
a yield gap (difference between potential and actual maize yield).•Closing yield gaps will …

Air quality, nitrogen use efficiency and food security in China are improved by cost-effective agricultural nitrogen management

Y Guo, Y Chen, TD Searchinger, M Zhou, D Pan… - Nature Food, 2020 - nature.com
China's gains in food production over the past four decades have been associated with
substantial agricultural nitrogen losses, which contribute to air and water pollution …

Global soil‐derived ammonia emissions from agricultural nitrogen fertilizer application: A refinement based on regional and crop‐specific emission factors

R Ma, J Zou, Z Han, K Yu, S Wu, Z Li, S Liu… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ammonia (NH3) emissions from fertilized soils to the atmosphere and the subsequent
deposition to land surface exert adverse effects on biogeochemical nitrogen (N) cycling. The …

Global food loss and waste embodies unrecognized harms to air quality and biodiversity hotspots

Y Guo, H Tan, L Zhang, G Liu, M Zhou, J Vira, PG Hess… - Nature food, 2023 - nature.com
Global food loss and waste (FLW) undermines the resilience and sustainability of food
systems and is closely tied to the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals on …

Increased atmospheric ammonia over the world's major agricultural areas detected from space

JX Warner, RR Dickerson, Z Wei… - Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This study provides evidence of substantial increases in atmospheric ammonia (NH3)
concentrations (14 year) over several of the worlds major agricultural regions, using recently …

MOFs for the sensitive detection of ammonia: deployment of fcu-MOF thin films as effective chemical capacitive sensors

AH Assen, O Yassine, O Shekhah, M Eddaoudi… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
This work reports on the fabrication and deployment of a select metal–organic framework
(MOF) thin film as an advanced chemical capacitive sensor for the sensing/detection of …

Global ammonia emissions from synthetic nitrogen fertilizer applications in agricultural systems: Empirical and process‐based estimates and uncertainty

R Xu, H Tian, S Pan, SA Prior, Y Feng… - Global change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Excessive ammonia (NH3) emitted from nitrogen (N) fertilizer applications in global
croplands plays an important role in atmospheric aerosol production, resulting in visibility …

Improved estimates of ammonia emissions from global croplands

X Zhan, W Adalibieke, X Cui, W Winiwarter… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Reducing ammonia (NH3) volatilization from croplands while satisfying the food demand is
strategically required to mitigate haze pollution. However, the global pattern of NH3 …