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Enhanced nitrous oxide emission factors due to climate change increase the mitigation challenge in the agricultural sector

doi: 10.1111/gcb.17472 , 10.48350/199846
pmid: 39158113
AbstractEffective nitrogen fertilizer management is crucial for reducing nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions while ensuring food security within planetary boundaries. However, climate change might also interact with management practices to alter N2O emission and emission factors (EFs), adding further uncertainties to estimating mitigation potentials. Here, we developed a new hybrid modeling framework that integrates a machine learning model with an ensemble of eight process‐based models to project EFs under different climate and nitrogen policy scenarios. Our findings reveal that EFs are dynamically modulated by environmental changes, including climate, soil properties, and nitrogen management practices. Under low‐ambition nitrogen regulation policies, EF would increase from 1.18%–1.22% in 2010 to 1.27%–1.34% by 2050, representing a relative increase of 4.4%–11.4% and exceeding the IPCC tier‐1 EF of 1%. This trend is particularly pronounced in tropical and subtropical regions with high nitrogen inputs, where EFs could increase by 0.14%–0.35% (relative increase of 11.9%–17%). In contrast, high‐ambition policies have the potential to mitigate the increases in EF caused by climate change, possibly leading to slight decreases in EFs. Furthermore, our results demonstrate that global EFs are expected to continue rising due to warming and regional drying–wetting cycles, even in the absence of changes in nitrogen management practices. This asymmetrical influence of nitrogen fertilizers on EFs, driven by climate change, underscores the urgent need for immediate N2O emission reductions and further assessments of mitigation potentials. This hybrid modeling framework offers a computationally efficient approach to projecting future N2O emissions across various climate, soil, and nitrogen management scenarios, facilitating socio‐economic assessments and policy‐making efforts.
- University of Bern Switzerland
- Iowa State University United States
- CEA LETI France
- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis Austria
- Institut National des Sciences de l Univers France
550, 530 Physics, Nitrogen, DegreeDisciplines::Life Sciences::Agriculture, Climate Change, Nitrous Oxide, global warming, 333, emission factors (EFs), Machine Learning, Soil, climate change, emission factors, Fertilizers, [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean, nitrogen regulation pathways, DegreeDisciplines::Physical Sciences and Mathematics::Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology::Climate, Atmosphere, [SDU.OCEAN] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean, Atmosphere, Agriculture, Models, Theoretical, sustainable development goals, DegreeDisciplines::Life Sciences::Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, [SDU.ENVI] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces, environment, climate change, emission factors, [SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces, environment, nitrous oxide (N2O)
550, 530 Physics, Nitrogen, DegreeDisciplines::Life Sciences::Agriculture, Climate Change, Nitrous Oxide, global warming, 333, emission factors (EFs), Machine Learning, Soil, climate change, emission factors, Fertilizers, [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean, nitrogen regulation pathways, DegreeDisciplines::Physical Sciences and Mathematics::Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology::Climate, Atmosphere, [SDU.OCEAN] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean, Atmosphere, Agriculture, Models, Theoretical, sustainable development goals, DegreeDisciplines::Life Sciences::Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, [SDU.ENVI] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces, environment, climate change, emission factors, [SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces, environment, nitrous oxide (N2O)
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