The global nitrous oxide budget for 2007-2016. (IMAGE)

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The global nitrous oxide budget for 2007-2016.

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The colored arrows represent nitrous oxide fluxes (in Tg N yr?1 for 2007-2016) as follows: yellow, emissions from anthropogenic sources (agriculture and waste water, biomass burning, fossil fuel and industry, and indirect emission); Green, emissions from natural sources; Blue, atmospheric chemical sink; Other fluxes: Lightning and atmospheric production, soil surface sink, climate change, increasing CO2, deforestation.

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Sources: modified from Tian et al. 2020, Nature; Global Carbon Project (GCP) and International Nitrogen Initiative (INI).

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