Nitrogen leaching from natural ecosystems under global change: a modelling study

Braakhekke, Maarten C.; Rebel, Karin T.; Dekker, Stefan C.; Smith, Benjamin; Beusen, Arthur H. W.; Wassen, Martin J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-8-1121-2017

Articles | Volume 8, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-8-1121-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-8-1121-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 8, issue 4

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12 Dec 2017

Research article |

| 12 Dec 2017

Nitrogen leaching from natural ecosystems under global change: a modelling study

Maarten C. Braakhekke, Karin T. Rebel, Stefan C. Dekker, Benjamin Smith, Arthur H. W. Beusen, and Martin J. Wassen

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RC1: 'Review of Braakhekke et al.,', Anonymous Referee #1, 16 Apr 2017
- AC1: 'Reply to comments of reviewer 1', Maarten Braakhekke, 17 Jul 2017
RC2: 'Review of Braakhekke et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 25 Apr 2017
- AC2: 'Reply to comments of reviewer 2', Maarten Braakhekke, 17 Jul 2017
RC3: 'Review of Braakhekke et al.,', Anonymous Referee #3, 05 May 2017
- AC3: 'Reply to comments of reviewer 3', Maarten Braakhekke, 17 Jul 2017

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (31 Jul 2017) by Zhenghui Xie

AR by Maarten Braakhekke on behalf of the Authors (30 Aug 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (01 Sep 2017) by Zhenghui Xie

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (12 Sep 2017)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (15 Sep 2017)

ED: Publish as is (16 Sep 2017) by Zhenghui Xie

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Nitrogen input in natural ecosystems usually has a positive effect on plant growth. However, too much N causes N leaching, which contributes to water pollution. Using a global model we estimated that N leaching from natural lands has increased by 73 % during the 20th century, mainly due to rising N deposition from the atmosphere caused by emissions from fossil fuels and agriculture. Climate change and increasing CO₂ concentration had positive and negative effects (respectively) on N leaching.