On the fate of anthropogenic nitrogen

By W. Schlesinger. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2009

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Mycorrhizal effects on nutrient cycling, nutrient leaching and N2O production in experimental grassland (2015, positive): “Thus, there is an urgent need to increase nutrient use ef ﬁ ciency and reduce fertilizer application and nutrient losses in agro-ecosystems (Schlesinger, 2009).”
The C:N:P stoichiometry of organisms and ecosystems in a changing world: A review and perspectives (2012, background): “Largely because of anthropogenic inputs, ∼48–54 Mtons N year−1 and ∼63.5 Mtons N year−1 are deposited in oceans (Duce et al., 2008; Schlesinger, 2009) and terrestrial ecosystems (Galloway et al., 2004), respectively.”
A high-resolution assessment on global nitrogen flows in cropland (2010, background): “The increasing pollution by nitrogen will cause significant environmental damage (7).”
An Underground Revolution: Biodiversity and Soil Ecological Engineering for Agricultural Sustainability. (2016, background): “These processes are of key importance for ecosystem functioning because the availability of nitrogen determines plant productivity [13] and excess nitrogen can cause environmental problems, such as water eutrophication, decreased water quality, global warming, depletion of the stratospheric ozone la”
Global water resources modeling with an integrated model of the social-economic-environmental system (2011, background): “7:1, but their values may be somewhat conservative: for example Schlesinger [89] calculated global nitrate and total nitrogen losses to surface runoff of 15% and 23%, respectively, based on studies in the Northeastern United States.”
Consistent effects of nitrogen amendments on soil microbial communities and processes across biomes (2012, background): “Nitrogen (N) inputs from anthropogenic sources are currently estimated to be 30% to 50% greater than those from natural terrestrial sources and tenfold greater than anthropogenic inputs from 100 years ago (Galloway et al. , 2008; Schlesinger, 2009; Canﬁeld et al. , 2010).”
The Global Food‐Energy‐Water Nexus (2018, background): “Fertilizer production has more than doubled the amount of reactive nitrogen (N) in the environment (Schlesinger, 2009), and GHG emissions from food production (e.g., ruminant digestion and fertilizer denitrification) and land use change (e.g., deforestation) contribute 19–30% of humanity’s GHG…”
Bryophytes attenuate anthropogenic nitrogen inputs in boreal forests (2011, background): “…their productivity is known to be limited by available soil N (Tamm, 1991; Vitousek & Howarth, 1991), suggesting that Nr deposition may promote carbon (C) sequestration into these systems by enhancing productivity and biomass (de Vries et al., 2006; Gruber & Galloway, 2008; Schlesinger, 2009).”
Vegetation composition promotes carbon and nitrogen storage in model grassland communities of contrasting soil fertility (2009, background): “Retention of nutrients andwater are important ecosystems services which underpin sustainable productivity and diversity conservation (Stevens et al. 2004; Drinkwater & Snapp 2007; Schlesinger 2009).”
Soil food web properties explain ecosystem services across European land use systems (2013, background): “Gaseous emissions from agricultural soils, as N2O, CO2, and CH4, contribute significantly to global warming and atmospheric pollution (18), and leaching of C and N in drainage waters contributes to eutrophication of ground and surface water (19).”
Nitrous oxide emissions from soils: how well do we understand the processes and their controls? (2013, methodology): “Excluding data from acetylene inhibition methods and using the data provided in the electronic supplementary material the estimate changes to 46 Tg N yr21 if the Schlesinger calculation approach is used.”
Biological Nitrification Inhibition—A Novel Strategy to Regulate Nitrification in Agricultural Systems (2012, positive): “Further, fertilizer-N consumption is expected to double from the current levels by 2050 to reach 300 Tg year 1 (Charles et al., 2010; IFA, 2005; Schlesinger, 2009).”
Biological nitrification inhibition (BNI) activity in sorghum and its characterization (2012, positive): “…results in the transformation of relatively immobile ammonium (NH 4 + ) to highly mobile nitrate (NO 3 which ich is susceptible to loss through leaching of NO 3 -and/or gaseous N emissions with potential adverse effects on the environment and human health (Galloway et al. 2008; Schlesinger 2009).”