Societal decisions about climate mitigation will have dramatic impacts on eutrophication in the 21st century

E. Sinha; A. M. Michalak; K. V. Calvin; P. J. Lawrence

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-08884-w

Nature Communications (Feb 2019)

Societal decisions about climate mitigation will have dramatic impacts on eutrophication in the 21st century

E. Sinha,
A. M. Michalak,
K. V. Calvin,
P. J. Lawrence

Affiliations

E. Sinha: Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science
A. M. Michalak: Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science
K. V. Calvin: Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
P. J. Lawrence: Earth System Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08884-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Impacts of future changes to land use and land management on eutrophication are not well understood. Here, the authors examine these impacts over the 21st century and find that societal choices will have a huge impact on riverine total nitrogen loading for the continental United States and beyond.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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