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'Forgotten' Greenhouse Gas Levels Surge 40% Since 1980

13 Jun 2024 | Abstracted from New Atlas

"Nitrogen fertilizer, along with animal manure, directly produce nearly three-quarters of our N₂O emissions. Once in the atmosphere, it's 300 times more powerful in warming the planet than carbon dioxide, and will trap heat as it lingers in the atmosphere for more than a century. N₂O also eats away at the ozone layer...

"The top five country emitters by volume of anthropogenic N₂O emissions in 2020 were China (16.7%), India (10.9%), USA (5.7%), Brazil (5.3%), and Russia (4.6%)..."

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