Stabilization of atmospheric nitrogen deposition in China over the past decade

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Yu, G., Jia, Y., He, N., Zhu, J., Chen, Z., Wang, Q., Piao, S., Liu, X., He, H., Guo, X., Wen, Z., Li, P., Ding, G. and Goulding, K. W. T. 2019. Stabilization of atmospheric nitrogen deposition in China over the past decade. Nature Geoscience. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-019-0352-4

AuthorsYu, G., Jia, Y., He, N., Zhu, J., Chen, Z., Wang, Q., Piao, S., Liu, X., He, H., Guo, X., Wen, Z., Li, P., Ding, G. and Goulding, K. W. T.
Abstract

Increasing atmospheric nitrogen deposition can influence food production, environmental quality and climate change from the regional to global scales. As the largest developing country, China is expected to experience a rapid increase in N deposition. However, the lack of information on dry N deposition limits our understanding of the historical trend of the total N deposition, as well as the main drivers of this trend. Here, we use extensive datasets that include both wet and dry N deposition to evaluate the spatiotemporal variation of N deposition and the changes of its components in China during 1980–2015. Three significant transitions in N deposition in China were observed. First, the total N deposition began to stabilize in 2001–2005, mostly due to a decline in wet NH4 + deposition. Subsequently, a shift to approximately equal wet and dry N deposition occurred in 2011–2015, accompanied by increasing dry deposition. Finally, the contribution of reduced N components in the deposition decreased due to increasing NO3 − deposition. These transitions were jointly driven by changes in the socioeconomic structure in China and vigorous controls in N pollution. The three observed important transitions challenge the traditional views about the continuous increase in N deposition in China.

KeywordsAtmospheric deposition ; Nitrogen deposition; Climate change; N pollution; Socioeconomic changes
Year of Publication2019
JournalNature Geoscience
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-019-0352-4
Web address (URL)https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-019-0352-4
Open accessPublished as non-open access
FunderBBSRC Newton funding
Funder project or codeUK - China Virtual Joint Centre for Improved Nitrogen Agronomy (CINAG)
Output statusPublished
Publication dates
Online22 Apr 2019
Publication process dates
Accepted14 Mar 2019
Copyright licensePublisher copyright
PublisherNature Publishing Group
ISSN1752-0894

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