NitroEurope - or NEU for short - is a project for integrated European research into the nitrogen cycle. NitroEurope is part of the EU's Sixth Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development, and will run for 5 years from February 2006 until 2011.
NitroEuropeIP is coordinated by The UK Centre For Ecology and Hydrology.
UNESCO-SCOPE Policy Brief: Human alteration of the nitrogen cycle - Threats, benefits and opportunities
Mon, 07/05/2007 - 13:01 — stefan_reis
UNESCO-SCOPE Policy Brief: Human alteration of the nitrogen cycle - Threats, benefits and opportunities
The global nitrogen cycle represents one of the most important nutrient cycles that sustain life on Earth.
Today, humans add 1.5 times more nitrogen than do natural terrestrial processes combined altogether, through a combination of agriculture and fossil fuel use, and unduly influence the global
nitrogen cycle.
The consequences are profound for the health of both ecosystems and people.
The challenge presented by the scope of the changing nitrogen cycle remains under-appreciated in both policy
and scientific circles, but already-observed impacts of such changes on biodiversity, climate and human
health provide compelling reasons to exploit more fully options for nitrogen
management and policies.
Read the full story here.
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