Isotopic evidence that recent agriculture overprints climate variability in nitrogen deposition to the Tibetan Plateau
我组成员在 Environment International 上发表文章:Zhengjie Li, Meredith G.Hastings, Wendell W.Walters, LideTian, Steven C.Clemens, Linlin Song, Lili Shao,Yunting Fang. Isotopic evidence that recent agriculture overprints climate variability in nitrogen deposition to the Tibetan Plateau [J]. Environment International, 2020, 138:105614.
文章链接:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412019344435
The stable isotopes of nitrogen in nitrate archived in polar ice have been interpreted as reflecting a shift in reactive nitrogen sources or changes in atmospheric chemical reactivity. Here, we present a novel concentration and isotopic record of nitrate (δ15N-NO3-) from a central Tibetan Plateau ice core over the last ~200 years. We find that nitrate concentration increased from 6.0 ± 2.3 μeq/L (mean ± 1σ) in the preindustrial period (prior to 1900s) to 7.3 ± 2.7 μeq/L in post-1950. Over the same time period, the δ15N-NO3- decreased from 8.7 ± 3.7‰ to 4.2 ± 3.1‰, with much larger interannual variation in δ15N-NO3- during the preindustrial period. We present a useful framework for quantifying the sensitivity of the isotopic composition of atmospheric nitrate to changes in both sources and chemistry (gas and aerosol phase). After 1950, nitrogen deposition is primarily driven by fertilizer use, leading to significant increases in concentration and decreases in δ15N-NO3-. The large interannual variability of ice core δ15N-NO3- in the preindustrial reflects natural processes, namely the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and dust events. Our results highlight a new connection between the nitrogen cycle and ENSO, and the overprinting of natural climate signals by recent anthropogenic increases in reactive nitrogen release.
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