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Articles | Volume 8, issue 4
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
Research article
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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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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.
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