Mitigation potential of global ammonia emissions and related health impacts in the trade network

Ma, Renzhi; Li, Ké; Guo, Yixin; Zhang, Bo; Zhao, Xuesheng; Linder, Soeren; Guan, ChengHe; Chen, Guoqian; Gan, Yujie; Meng, Jing

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-25854-3

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“…Numerous studies have evaluated the diseases and premature deaths caused by different pollutant emissions at the global and regional levels (Cohen et al, 2017;Landrigan et al, 2018;Hemmativaghef, 2020). Physical transport of emissions and interregional trade further lead to the transboundary human health impacts Ma et al, 2021). Human health impacts are caused by both Furthermore, human health impacts and ecosystem quality degradation can lead to the losses of labor forces, economic production, resources, and ecosystem services (Pichery et al, 2012;Feng et al, 2019;Oswald et al, 2020).…”

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Reducing environmental impacts through socioeconomic transitions: critical review and prospects

Liang

Zhong

2022

Front. Environ. Sci. Eng.

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Rapid socioeconomic development has caused numerous environmental impacts. Human production and consumption activities are the underlying drivers of resource uses, environmental emissions, and associated environmental impacts (e.g., ecosystem quality and human health). Reducing environmental impacts requires an understanding of the complex interactions between socioeconomic system and environmental system. Existing studies have explored the relationships among human society, economic system, and environmental system. However, it is unclear about the research progress in the effects of socioeconomic activities on environmental impacts and the potential directions of future research. This critical review finds that existing studies have identified critical regions, sectors, and transmission pathways for resource uses, environmental emissions, and environmental impacts from supply chain perspectives. Moreover, scholars have characterized the impacts of socioeconomic transitions on resource uses and environmental emissions. However, existing studies overlook the dynamic nature of the interconnections among human society, economic system, and environmental system. In addition, the effects of socioeconomic structural transitions on environmental impacts remain unknown. This review proposes four prospects and possible solutions that will contribute to a better understanding of the complex interactions among human society, economic system, and environmental system. They can help identify more effective solutions to reduce environmental impacts through socioeconomic transitions.

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Reducing environmental impacts through socioeconomic transitions: critical review and prospects

Liang

Zhong

2022

Front. Environ. Sci. Eng.

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“…For manure temperature, only two EFs correspond to a negative temperature (both at −13.2 °C). High manure temperatures (between 40 and 67.5 °C) relating to a study on solid manure are likely to be due to microbial activity in the manure heaps (Miyatake & Iwabuchi et al., 2006).…”

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DATAMAN: A global database of methane, nitrous oxide, and ammonia emission factors for livestock housing and outdoor storage of manure

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Livestock manure management systems can be significant sources of nitrous oxide (N2O), methane (CH4), and ammonia (NH3) emissions. Many studies have been conducted to improve our understanding of the emission processes and to identify influential variables in order to develop mitigation techniques adapted to each manure management step (animal housing, outdoor storage, and manure spreading to land). The international project DATAMAN (http://www.dataman.co.nz) aims to develop a global database on greenhouse gases (N2O, CH4) and NH3 emissions from the manure management chain to refine emission factors (EFs) for national greenhouse gas and NH3 inventories. This paper describes the housing and outdoor storage components of this database. Relevant information for different animal categories, manure types, livestock buildings, outdoor storage, and climatic conditions was collated from published peer reviewed research, conference papers, and existing databases published between 1995 and 2021. In the housing database, 2024 EFs were collated (63% for NH3, 19.5% for CH4, and 17.5% for N2O). The storage database contains 654 NH3 EFs from 16 countries, 243 CH4 EFs from 13 countries, and 421 N2O EFs from 17 countries. Across all gases, dairy cattle and swine production in temperate climate zones are the most represented animal and climate categories. As for the housing database, the number of EFs for the tropical climate zone is under‐represented. The DATAMAN database can be used for the refinement of national inventories and better assessment of the cost‐effectiveness of a range of mitigation strategies.

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“…Ammonia is the most abundant alkaline gas in the atmosphere, with global emissions estimated to be greater than 58 Tg(N) Yr −1 1 . Both natural and anthropogenic sources, including soils, oceans, fertilizers, livestock, automobiles, biomass burning, etc., contribute to atmospheric NH 3 2 – 5 .…”

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Dust emission reduction enhanced gas-to-particle conversion of ammonia in the North China Plain

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Ammonium salt is an important component of particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter less than 2.5 µm (PM2.5) and has significant impacts on air quality, climate, and natural ecosystems. However, a fundamental understanding of the conversion kinetics from ammonia to ammonium in unique environments of high aerosol loading is lacking. Here, we report the uptake coefficient of ammonia (γNH3) on ambient PM2.5 varying from 2.2 × 10−4 to 6.0 × 10−4 in the North China Plain. It is significantly lower than those on the model particles under simple conditions reported in the literature. The probability-weighted γNH3 increases obviously, which is well explained by the annual decrease in aerosol pH due to the significant decline in alkali and alkali earth metal contents from the emission source of dust. Our results elaborate on the complex interactions between primary emissions and the secondary formation of aerosols and the important role of dust in atmospheric chemistry.

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Mitigation potential of global ammonia emissions and related health impacts in the trade network

Cited by 53 publications

References 72 publications

Reducing environmental impacts through socioeconomic transitions: critical review and prospects

Reducing environmental impacts through socioeconomic transitions: critical review and prospects

DATAMAN: A global database of methane, nitrous oxide, and ammonia emission factors for livestock housing and outdoor storage of manure

Dust emission reduction enhanced gas-to-particle conversion of ammonia in the North China Plain

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