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Nitrogen pollution: the forgotten element of climate change

Nitrogen emissions such as ammonia, nitrogen oxide and nitrous oxides contribute to particulate matter and acid rain

We have breached the planetary limit for nitrogen

India is under the grip of nitrogen pollution, finds the country's first assessment on the impacts of the nutrient

Case of missing nitrogen solved: It comes from the bedrock

A study says that the leaching of nitrogen from the bedrock could be the reason for elevated levels of nitrogen in groundwater

‘Tighter regulations needed on nutrient effluents’

Here’s N Raghuram, chairman of International Nitrogen Initiative, speaking with Down To Earth about the viability of United Kingdom’s …

Pollution in news on June 6

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on pollution

Foreign food trade impacts importing countries’ environment too

Soybean farmers in a country that imports soybean have to switch to other crops on a land where there is leftover nitrogen after crop harvest

Leaves from nitrogen-rich trees can be potential fertilisers

Banaras Hindu University scientists have shown that application of leaves from nitrogen-rich trees in soil can increase the soil fertility and …

‘Improving efficiency only way to control nitrogen pollution’

Human-induced nitrogen emissions have surpassed natural emissions, damaging the environment and human health, says Mark Sutton, lead author of &…

UK to support nitrogen research in India

South Asian Nitrogen Hub to be led by UK’s Centre for Ecology and Hydrology

Nutrient paradox

Fertilisers upsetting natural nitrogen, phosphorous flow

Fight against pollution may witness a paradigm shift

Very soon the emissions from domestic sewage may out run the pollution from fertilisers

Kolkata's smog is a challenge of complex chemistry and action

The city needs to build up on its strengths to tackle smog episodes

Resolution on nitrogen can lead to a carbon-like framework

The resolution for sustainable nitrogen management in the United Nations Environment Assembly was led by India for the first time

Annual UN report recognises the threats posed by nitrogen pollution

The Frontiers Report 2019, released on March 4, has included a chapter on nitrogen pollution

Excess nitrogen fertilisers hamper germination, root growth in rice: study

Indian scientists have now identified rice varieties that are efficient in nitrogen use

Punjab, Haryana and west UP facing severe nitrogen pollution: Down To Earth expose

Nitrogen pollution can destroy soil health, contaminate water, lead to serious health problems, and trigger climate change

More nitrogen may help offset effect of climate change on wheat: study

IIT-Kharagpur scientists find wheat yield improves with increasing levels of nitrogen application despite elevated CO2 conditions

Pollution in cities damaging insects and ecosystems: study

Research reveals plants and insects exposed to high levels of nitrogen dioxide–a major component of smog–produce more defensive …

India has three of the world’s 50 nitrogen emission hotspots

The latest Greenpeace analysis finds areas in Delhi-NCR, UP, MP and Odisha as the biggest contributors of nitrogen pollution in India

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China’s anti-pollution measures have backfired

A new study says China’s efforts to bring down PM 2.5 concentration has in turn led to a spike in Ozone pollution

Report warns of increasing risks of Nitrogen pollution

The amount of nitrogen in chemically reactive forms has doubled since the beginning of the 20th century, warns the report by Organisation for …

The dominant survives

Increasing nitrogen levels will pit plants against each other

Delhi-NCR’s clean air action plan floundering: CSE

Thermal power plants will not be able to meet emission norms by 2019 and brick kilns’ conversion to a cleaner technology will not lead to …