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Title:   Author  item
                                            Cavigelli, Michelitem
                                            Del Grosso, Stephen

                                                         - *Steve*item
                                            Liebig, Markitem
                                            SNYDER, CLIFFORD - International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI)item
                                            FIXEN, PAUL - International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI)item
                                            Venterea, Rodney

                                                         - *Rod*item
                                            Leytem, Aprilitem
                                            McLain, Jeanitem
                                            Watts, Dexter
  Submitted to: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
                                    Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
                                    Publication Acceptance Date: 9/11/2012
                                    Publication  Date: 1/11/2013
                                    Citation: Cavigelli, M.A., Del Grosso, S.J., Liebig, M.A., Snyder, C.S., Fixen, P.E., Venterea, R.T., Leytem, A.B., McLain, J.E., Watts, D.B. 2013. US agricultural nitrous oxide emissions: context, status, and trends. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 10:537-546.Interpretive Summary: Agricultural soil management accounts for 69% of total US nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions. Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a greenhouse gas (GHG) and an important catalyst of stratospheric ozone depletion whose atmospheric concentration is increasing at 0.6 to 0.9 parts per billion per year. A review of the literature showed that increased productivity in crop and livestock production during the last 30 to 70 years has resulted in decreased N2O emissions per unit of production. However, N2O emissions from US agriculture continue to increase, though at a lower rate than during the 20th century. These data suggest that while continuing productivity improvements are necessary, they are likely not sufficient to reduce overall N2O emissions from agriculture, without also implementing strategies specifically targeted to reducing N2O emissions. Policy makers who are interested in reducing GHG emissions from US agriculture will benefit from this information.
                                Technical Abstract: Nitrogen (N) fertilizers have contributed to enormous increases in agricultural productivity in the US. However, nitrogen losses from agricultural systems have contributed to a number of deleterious environmental impacts, including a continuing increase in atmospheric nitrous oxide (N2O), a greenhouse gas (GHG) and an important catalyst of stratospheric ozone depletion. While agricultural systems account for about 6 to 8% of total US GHG emissions, soil management alone accounts for 69% of total US N2O emissions. Increased productivity in crop and livestock production during the last 30 to 70 years has resulted in decreased N2O emissions per unit of production. However, N2O emissions from US agriculture continue to increase, though at a lower rate than during the 20th century. While continuing productivity improvements are necessary, they are likely not sufficient to reduce overall N2O emissions from agriculture, without also implementing strategies specifically targeted to reducing N2O emissions.


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