On the natural spatio-temporal heterogeneity of South Pacific nitrous oxide

Ocean oxygen minimum zones (OMZs) are known to emit the powerful greenhouse gas N2O, but global emission dynamics are not constrained. Here the authors use air trajectory analyses and find that air masses pick up N2O as they pass over OMZs, and that overall concentrations are elevated during La Niña...

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Main Authors: Andrew R. Babbin, Elisabeth L. Boles, Jens Mühle, Ray F. Weiss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17509-6