Open AccessIs nitrogen the next carbon?
Author(s) -
Battye William,
Aneja Viney P.,
Schlesinger William H.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
earth's future
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.641
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 2328-4277
DOI - 10.1002/2017ef000592
Subject(s) - reactive nitrogen , nitrogen , environmental science , carbon cycle , natural (archaeology) , nitrogen cycle , carbon fibers , environmental chemistry , chemistry , ecology , geology , biology , ecosystem , materials science , paleontology , organic chemistry , composite number , composite material
Key Points The rapid growth of anthropogenic reactive nitrogen production now makes it unquestionably dominant relative to the total of natural sources Anthropogenic production of reactive nitrogen has increased almost five‐fold in the last 60 years. This anthropogenic activity is a massive perturbation of a global geochemical cycle in a relatively short period of time.