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THERE are fears that increased nitrogen fertilisation of soils may increase release of N2O from soils through denitrification of nitrate and thereby pose a threat to the stratospheric ozone layer protecting the Earth from biologically harmful UV radiation from the Sun1–6.
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BREMNER, J., BLACKMER, A. Effects of acetylene and soil water content on emission of nitrous oxide from soils. Nature 280, 380–381 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1038/280380a0
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