Nitrous Oxide (N₂O): The Dominant Ozone-Depleting Substance Emitted in the 21st Century

By comparing the ozone depletion potential-weighted anthropogenic emissions of N₂O with those of other ozone-depleting substances, we show that N₂O emission currently is the single most important ozone-depleting emission and is expected to remain the largest throughout the 21st century. N₂O is unreg...

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Published in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2009-10, Vol.326 (5949), p.123-125
Main Authors: Ravishankara, A.R, Daniel, John S, Portmann, Robert W
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
anthropogenic activities
Anthropogenic factors
Applied sciences
Atmospheric chemistry
Atmospheric composition. Chemical and photochemical reactions
Atmospheric pollution
Carbon dioxide emissions
Chlorofluorocarbons
climate
Climate change
Climate system
Climatology. Bioclimatology. Climate change
Earth, ocean, space
Emissions
Emissions control
Emissions reduction
Environmental engineering
Exact sciences and technology
External geophysics
greenhouse gas emissions
International environmental cooperation
Meteorology
Montreal Protocol
Nitrous oxide
Ozone
Ozone depletion
Ozone layer
ozonosphere
Physics of the high neutral atmosphere
Pollutant emissions
Pollutants physicochemistry study: properties, effects, reactions, transport and distribution
Pollution
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