Artificial aquatic ecosystems – sources or sinks of nitrous oxide? This project aims to determine the contribution of farm dams, canals, and urban ponds to human-derived nitrous oxide emissions: a gre

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Artificial aquatic ecosystems – sources or sinks of nitrous oxide? This project aims to determine the contribution of farm dams, canals, and urban ponds to human-derived nitrous oxide emissions: a greenhouse gas 270-times more harmful than carbon dioxide. It will investigate how nitrous oxide is produced and consumed by farm and urban waters and assess their potential to offset emissions by storing nitrogen and carbon. Findings are expected to provide crucial data to address the current gap in national and international emissions accounting, where human-made waterbodies are neglected. The outcome of this project will include a monetary evaluation of artificial waterbodies and the benefit will be management strategies to reduce nitrogen pollution and emissions in farm and city waters.. Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award. Field: 3702 - Climate Change Science. Lead: Dr Jackie Webb