Agricultural nutrient loadings to the freshwater environment: The role of climate change and socioeconomic change

Human activities, in particular agricultural production, interfere with natural cycles of nutrient elements, nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P), leading to growing concerns about water quality degradation related to excessive nutrient loadings. Increases in agricultural production in response to popula...

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Autores principales: Xie, Hua, Ringler, Claudia
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: IOP Publishing 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146289
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description Human activities, in particular agricultural production, interfere with natural cycles of nutrient elements, nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P), leading to growing concerns about water quality degradation related to excessive nutrient loadings. Increases in agricultural production in response to population growth and wealth generation further increase risks associated with nutrient pollution. This paper presents results from projections of nutrient exports from global agricultural crop and pasture systems to the water environment generated using a process-based modeling approach. Brazil, China, India and the United States account for more than half of estimated global N and P loadings in the base year. Each country boasts large agriculture centers where high calculated loading values are found. Rapid growth in global agricultural nutrient loadings is projected. Growth of agricultural pollution loading is fastest in the group of low-income developing countries and loading growth rates also vary substantially with climate change scenario. Counter measures need to be taken to address the environmental risks associated with the projected rapid increase of agricultural nutrient loadings.
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spelling CGSpace1462892025-02-19T14:06:45Z Agricultural nutrient loadings to the freshwater environment: The role of climate change and socioeconomic change Xie, Hua Ringler, Claudia models eutrophication water pollution agricultural pollution agriculture water quality climate change Human activities, in particular agricultural production, interfere with natural cycles of nutrient elements, nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P), leading to growing concerns about water quality degradation related to excessive nutrient loadings. Increases in agricultural production in response to population growth and wealth generation further increase risks associated with nutrient pollution. This paper presents results from projections of nutrient exports from global agricultural crop and pasture systems to the water environment generated using a process-based modeling approach. Brazil, China, India and the United States account for more than half of estimated global N and P loadings in the base year. Each country boasts large agriculture centers where high calculated loading values are found. Rapid growth in global agricultural nutrient loadings is projected. Growth of agricultural pollution loading is fastest in the group of low-income developing countries and loading growth rates also vary substantially with climate change scenario. Counter measures need to be taken to address the environmental risks associated with the projected rapid increase of agricultural nutrient loadings. 2017 2024-06-21T09:06:30Z 2024-06-21T09:06:30Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146289 en Open Access IOP Publishing Xie, Hua; and Ringler, Claudia. 2017. Agricultural nutrient loadings to the freshwater environment: The role of climate change and socioeconomic change. Environmental Research Letters 12(10): 104008. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa8148
spellingShingle models
eutrophication
water pollution
agricultural pollution
agriculture
water quality
climate change
Xie, Hua
Ringler, Claudia
Agricultural nutrient loadings to the freshwater environment: The role of climate change and socioeconomic change
title Agricultural nutrient loadings to the freshwater environment: The role of climate change and socioeconomic change
title_full Agricultural nutrient loadings to the freshwater environment: The role of climate change and socioeconomic change
title_fullStr Agricultural nutrient loadings to the freshwater environment: The role of climate change and socioeconomic change
title_full_unstemmed Agricultural nutrient loadings to the freshwater environment: The role of climate change and socioeconomic change
title_short Agricultural nutrient loadings to the freshwater environment: The role of climate change and socioeconomic change
title_sort agricultural nutrient loadings to the freshwater environment the role of climate change and socioeconomic change
topic models
eutrophication
water pollution
agricultural pollution
agriculture
water quality
climate change
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