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Study Finds Nitrous Oxide Emissions Grew 40% over 40 Years, Accelerating Climate Change
Emissions of nitrous oxide – a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide or methane – continued unabated between 1980 and 2020, a year when more than 10 million metric tons were released into the atmosphere primarily through farming practices, …