Research/Expertise
Climate Change
Overview:
The role of N2O in forcing climate change depends on knowledge of natural and anthropogenic sources of this greenhouse gas as well as production and consumption mechanisms within the atmosphere, oceans and terrestrial freshwater components of the Earth System. At global scales, high N2O concentrations are observed in ocean environments in eastern, upwelling basins where oxygen is limited, and such a situation can also be expected in coastal waters receiving nitrogen-rich fluvial inputs, for example in the Mississippi delta region of the Gulf of Mexico. Further research into the fluxes of N2O within the Earth System is therefore important to us in our understanding of the role of N2O in climate change.
