Nitrous Oxide: No laughing matter

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Nitrous Oxide: No laughing matter [1]

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Despite its long-recognized importance, nitrous oxide (N₂O,
also commonly referred to as laughing gas) sometimes seems like the
forgotten atmospheric gas. Concerns about the stratospheric ozone layer
have largely focused on reactions of ozone with chlorine and bromine
atoms released from the atmospheric dissociation of chlorofluorocarbons
and other anthropogenic halocarbons.

Publication Date:

01/10/2009

Author(s): Donald J. Wuebbles [2]

Source: Science [3]

Vol:

326

Issue:

5949

pp:

56

Tags:

Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx) [4], Atmosphere [5], Global Warming [6], Atmosphere And Ozone Layer [7], Climate Change [8]

Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/nitrous-oxide-no-laughing-matter

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/nitrous-oxide-no-laughing-matter
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/donald-j-wuebbles
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/science
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/oxides-nitrogen-nox
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/atmosphere
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global-warming
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/atmosphere-and-ozone-layer
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change