Earth's Future (Aug 2019)
A World of Cobenefits: Solving the Global Nitrogen Challenge
- Benjamin Z. Houlton,
- Maya Almaraz,
- Viney Aneja,
- Amy T. Austin,
- Edith Bai,
- Kenneth G. Cassman,
- Jana E. Compton,
- Eric A. Davidson,
- Jan Willem Erisman,
- James N. Galloway,
- Baojing Gu,
- Guolin Yao,
- Luiz A. Martinelli,
- Kate Scow,
- William H. Schlesinger,
- Thomas P. Tomich,
- Chao Wang,
- Xin Zhang
Affiliations
- Benjamin Z. Houlton
- John Muir Institute of the Environment University of California Davis CA USA
- Maya Almaraz
- Department of Land, Air and Water Resources University of California Davis CA USA
- Viney Aneja
- Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh NC USA
- Amy T. Austin
- Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiol ogicas y Ecol ogicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA) and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Facultad de Agronomía Universidad de Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Argentina
- Edith Bai
- CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology Chinese Academy of Sciences Shenyang China
- Kenneth G. Cassman
- Department of Agronomy and Horticulture University of Nebraska–Lincoln Lincoln NE USA
- Jana E. Compton
- Western Ecology Division Environmental Protection Agency Washington DC USA
- Eric A. Davidson
- Appalachian Laboratory University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Cambridge MD USA
- Jan Willem Erisman
- Department of Earth Sciences VU Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands
- James N. Galloway
- Department of Environmental Sciences University of Virginia Charlottesville VA USA
- Baojing Gu
- School of Public Affairs Zhejiang University Zhejiang China
- Guolin Yao
- Appalachian Laboratory University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Cambridge MD USA
- Luiz A. Martinelli
- Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura Univesidade de São Paulo São Paulo Brazil
- Kate Scow
- Department of Land, Air and Water Resources University of California Davis CA USA
- William H. Schlesinger
- Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Millbrook NY USA
- Thomas P. Tomich
- Agricultural Sustainability Institute University of California Davis CA USA
- Chao Wang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology Chinese Academy of Sciences Shenyang China
- Xin Zhang
- Appalachian Laboratory University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Cambridge MD USA
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1029/2019EF001222
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 7,
no. 8
pp. 865 – 872
Abstract
Abstract Nitrogen is a critical component of the economy, food security, and planetary health. Many of the world's sustainability targets hinge on global nitrogen solutions, which, in turn, contribute lasting benefits for (i) world hunger; (ii) soil, air, and water quality; (iii) climate change mitigation; and (iv) biodiversity conservation. Balancing the projected rise in agricultural nitrogen demands while achieving these 21st century ideals will require policies to coordinate solutions among technologies, consumer choice, and socioeconomic transformation.
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