INDIA IS SECOND LARGEST EMITTER OF NITROUS OXIDE
India is the world’s second largest source of nitrous oxide (N2O), a greenhouse gas that heats up the atmosphere far more than carbon dioxide.
Nearly 11% of such global man-made emissions in 2020 were from India, topped only by China at 16%.
WHAT IS THE MAJOR SOURCE OF NITROUS OXIDE?
The major source of these emissions comes from fertilizer usage, according to a global assessment of N2O emissions published in the journal Earth System Science Data.
Agricultural production using nitrogen fertilizers, such as ammonia, and animal manure contributed 74% of the total anthropogenic N2O emissions in the last decade.
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