Man-made nitrogen ‘climate threat’

window.document.getElementById(‘post-7932′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;Press Association: Up to a third of the nitrogen entering the world’s oceans is man-made and could have significant effects on the global climate, scientists said. Nitrogen from agricultural fertilisers and the burning of fossil fuels entering the seas through the atmosphere is increasing, the study published in the journal Science said. It has significant implications for climate change, because the extra nitrogen increases the level of marine biological activity by an estimated 3% – which in …

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