Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx)

With a trace of Molybdenum

Tropical forests can capture carbon FORESTS hold the centrestage in climate change. They can reduce carbon emissions up to 10-20 per cent of what has been projected by 2050. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has said that the greatest potential for carbon capture exists within tropical forests. Based on this assumption, there are plans to offset the build-up of atmospheric

Publication Date:

30/01/2009

Author(s): Kirtiman Awasthi

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Forests, Soil Capability, Chemical Fertilisers, Tropical Forests, Carbon Dioxide, Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), Climate Change, Carbon Capture and Storage, Micro Organisms

Climate Change

How kangaroo burgers could save the planet

Cows, sheep and goats may seem like innocent victims of humanity's appetite for meat, but when it comes to climate change they have a dark secret.

Publication Date:

20/12/2008

Author(s): Bijal Trivedi

Source: New Scientist

Vol:

200

Issue:

2687

pp:

0

Tags:

Livestock, Canada, Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), Climate Change, Green House Gases, Australia, New Zealand

Climate Change

Nitrous oxide in flux

In drought conditions, forest soils can serve as a small but surprisingly persistent sink for the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide. The effect highlights a research avenue necessary for predicting Earth

Publication Date:

18/12/2008

Author(s): Sharon A. Billings

Source: Nature

Vol:

456

Issue:

7224

pp:

888

Tags:

Forests, Soil Capability, Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), Climate Change, Carbon Sinks, Micro Organisms

Air Pollution

Smog is back in city with a vengeance

Pollution Levels Worse Than Pre-CNG Days

Smog is back. The gains of the city going big on CNG last year were lost as pollution levels were back to the pre-CNG days. This year, as vehicle population went through the roof with the number of registered vehicles touching 58 lakh, it

Publication Date:

11/11/2008

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Health Effects, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), CNG, Delhi

Air Pollution

Ozone level rises, city feels the heat

New Delhi: High concentration of ground level ozone is fast threatening the health of Delhiites. According to several studies, the level of the pollutant, formed when ultraviolet rays react with pollutants, specially NOx, has risen significantly in the city over the past few years.

Publication Date:

03/11/2008

Author(s): Neha Lalchandani

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Vehicular Pollution, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Urban Air Quality, Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), Ozone, Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), CSE, Delhi

Climate Change

Global climate change and Indian agriculture: Impacts, adaptation and mitigation

Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change has shown that the earth temperature has increased by 0.74 degree C between 1906 and 2005 due to increase in anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases. It is estimated that crop production loss in India by 2100 AD could be 10-40% despite the beneficial effects of higher CO2 on crop growth. Dynamics of pests and diseases will be significantly altered.

Publication Date:

01/11/2008

Author(s): P K Aggarwal

Source: Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences

Vol:

78

Issue:

10

pp:

911

Tags:

Land Use, Agriculture, Plant Diseases, Chemical Fertilisers, Rice, Water Conservation, Watershed Development, Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), Climate Change, Green House Gases, Global Warming, Climate Mitigation, Climate Adaptation, Crop Insurance, Rainfall

Climate Change

Tracing the origin and fate of NOx in the Arctic atmosphere using stable isotopes in nitrate

Atmospheric nitrogen oxides (NOx =NO+ NO2) play a pivotal role in the cycling of reactive nitrogen (ultimately deposited as nitrate) and the oxidative capacity of the atmosphere. Combined measurements of nitrogen and oxygen stable isotope ratios of nitrate collected in the Arctic atmosphere were used to infer the origin and fate of NOx and nitrate on a seasonal basis.

Publication Date:

31/10/2008

Author(s): Samuel Morin, Jol Savarino, Markus M. Frey & et al

Source: Science

Vol:

322

Issue:

5902

pp:

730

Tags:

Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), Ozone, Climate Change, Climate Science, Arctic

Climate Change

Lentil report

Pulses in India contribute less to global warming greenhouse gas emission during pulse cultivation in India is much less than in developed countries because of minimal use of nitrogenous fertilizers. India has just got a proof of it. Pulse crops are known to release nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas, but no one had measured it. Now researchers from the Bhubaneswar-based Institute of

Publication Date:

30/10/2008

Author(s): Archita Bhatta

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Agriculture, Legumes, Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), Climate Change, Green House Gases, Global Warming, India

Air Pollution

Detection of surface emission hot spots, trends, and seasonal cycle from satellite-retrieved NO2 over India

Tropospheric NO2 concentrations derived from spaceborne measurements of Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment (GOME) on board ERS 2 and Scanning Imaging Absorption Spectrometer for Atmospheric Cartography (SCIAMACHY) on board Envisat, respectively, for the time period of 1996

Publication Date:

17/10/2008

Author(s): Sachin D. Ghude, S. Fadnavis, G. Beig & et al

Source: Journal of Geophysical Research

Vol:

113

Issue:

0

pp:

1

Tags:

Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Industrial Pollution, Urban Air Quality, Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), Air Quality Monitoring, India, Delhi, Mumbai