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Research article
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28 Jul 2017
Research article |
| 28 Jul 2017
Preindustrial nitrous oxide emissions from the land biosphere estimated by using a global biogeochemistry model
Rongting Xu
International Center for Climate and Global Change Research and
School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
36849, USA
International Center for Climate and Global Change Research and
School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
36849, USA
Chaoqun Lu
Department of Ecology, Evolution, & Organismal Biology, Iowa State
University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
Shufen Pan
International Center for Climate and Global Change Research and
School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
36849, USA
State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center
for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085,
China
Jian Chen
Department of Geosciences, College of Sciences and Mathematics, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
36849, USA
International Center for Climate and Global Change Research and
School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
36849, USA
Jia Yang
International Center for Climate and Global Change Research and
School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
36849, USA
Bowen Zhang
International Center for Climate and Global Change Research and
School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
36849, USA
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- Land Use on Volcanic Ash Soils and its Influence on Greenhouse Gases Emissions Under Laboratory Conditions L. Paulino et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42729-022-01122-1
- Global Nitrous Oxide Emissions From Pasturelands and Rangelands: Magnitude, Spatiotemporal Patterns, and Attribution S. Dangal et al. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GB006091
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- Half‐Century Ammonia Emissions From Agricultural Systems in Southern Asia: Magnitude, Spatiotemporal Patterns, and Implications for Human Health R. Xu et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GH000098
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- Deceleration of Cropland-N2O Emissions in China and Future Mitigation Potentials X. Cui et al. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c07276
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- Atmospheric Nitrous Oxide Variations on Centennial Time Scales During the Past Two Millennia Y. Ryu et al. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GB006568
- Agricultural soils a trigger to nitrous oxide: a persuasive greenhouse gas and its management S. Ramzan et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-020-08410-2
- Agriculture-informed Neural Networks for Predicting Nitrous Oxide Emissions C. Lin et al. https://doi.org/10.1145/3696113
- Impacts of land-use change on century-scale global soil NO x emissions using the biogeochemical model VISIT K. Nishina et al. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae6c3a
- Denitrification and associated nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide emissions from the Amazonian wetlands J. Guilhen et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-4297-2020
- Data-driven modeling on the global annual soil nitrous oxide emissions: Spatial pattern and attributes J. Liao et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166472
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- The Global N2O Model Intercomparison Project H. Tian et al. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0212.1
- Global soil nitrous oxide emissions since the preindustrial era estimated by an ensemble of terrestrial biosphere models: Magnitude, attribution, and uncertainty H. Tian et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14514
- Land Use on Volcanic Ash Soils and its Influence on Greenhouse Gases Emissions Under Laboratory Conditions L. Paulino et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42729-022-01122-1
- Global Nitrous Oxide Emissions From Pasturelands and Rangelands: Magnitude, Spatiotemporal Patterns, and Attribution S. Dangal et al. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GB006091
- N2O changes from the Last Glacial Maximum to the preindustrial – Part 2: terrestrial N2O emissions and carbon–nitrogen cycle interactions F. Joos et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-3511-2020
- Climate change rivals fertilizer use in driving soil nitrous oxide emissions in the northern high latitudes: Insights from terrestrial biosphere models N. Pan et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2025.109297
- Increased nitrogen enrichment and shifted patterns in the world's grassland: 1860–2016 R. Xu et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-11-175-2019
- Half‐Century Ammonia Emissions From Agricultural Systems in Southern Asia: Magnitude, Spatiotemporal Patterns, and Implications for Human Health R. Xu et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GH000098
- Variance and main drivers of field nitrous oxide emissions: A global synthesis Z. Li et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.131686
- Global nitrous oxide budget (1980–2020) H. Tian et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-2543-2024
- Global ammonia emissions from synthetic nitrogen fertilizer applications in agricultural systems: Empirical and process‐based estimates and uncertainty R. Xu et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14499
- Deceleration of Cropland-N2O Emissions in China and Future Mitigation Potentials X. Cui et al. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c07276
- Integrating major agricultural practices into the TRIPLEX-GHG model v2.0 for simulating global cropland nitrous oxide emissions: Development, sensitivity analysis and site evaluation H. Song et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156945
- Atmospheric Nitrous Oxide Variations on Centennial Time Scales During the Past Two Millennia Y. Ryu et al. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GB006568
- Agricultural soils a trigger to nitrous oxide: a persuasive greenhouse gas and its management S. Ramzan et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-020-08410-2
- Agriculture-informed Neural Networks for Predicting Nitrous Oxide Emissions C. Lin et al. https://doi.org/10.1145/3696113
- Impacts of land-use change on century-scale global soil NO x emissions using the biogeochemical model VISIT K. Nishina et al. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae6c3a
- Denitrification and associated nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide emissions from the Amazonian wetlands J. Guilhen et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-4297-2020
- Data-driven modeling on the global annual soil nitrous oxide emissions: Spatial pattern and attributes J. Liao et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166472
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Short summary
As N2O emissions were present in preindustrial times, only the difference between current and preindustrial emissions represents net human-induced climate change. Large uncertainty exists in previous estimates of preindustrial N2O emissions from the land biosphere. Our estimate using process-based model was the first study that provided the preindustrial N2O emission at the biome, sector or country, and global level, which could be a useful reference for future climate mitigation.
As N2O emissions were present in preindustrial times, only the difference between current and...
