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2008-08-19 03:02

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From: www.its2hot.in - August 14, 2008

Researchers have discovered an unusual molecule that is essential to the atmosphere’s ability to break down pollutants, especially the compounds that cause acid rain. It’s the unusual chemistry facilitated by this molecule, however, that will attract the most attention from scientists. Somewhat like a human body metabolizing food, the Earth’s atmosphere has the ability to “burn,” or oxidize pollutants, especially nitric oxides emitted from sources such as factories and automobiles. What doesn’t get oxidized in the atmosphere falls back to Earth in the form of acid rain.

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2008-09-05 16:51

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The Nitrogen Footprint

Link to full article: http://www.sorrymom.org/?p=33

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Whenever we hear about climate change, we think of carbon. We think of our carbon footprint, how to buy carbon offsets to counter the carbon footprint, which includes, (you guessed it) carbon emissions.

The way the media and pop culture spins off carbon like it’s a bad four letter word in the world of eco-chic, is not entirely fair. There’s another culprit we’ve been overlooking. That’s right, nitrogen. The element has been accumulating in the soil, water, and air at record rates. During 1995, roughly 156 million metric tons of nitrogen were emitted worldwide. By 2005, that figure had jumped to 187 million. This excess can be “detrimental to humans and to ecosystems,” according to UVA environmental scientist Dr. Galloway.

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