Elevated temperature and nutrients lead to increased N2O emissions from salt marsh soils from cold and warm climates

Comer-Warner, S.A., Ullah, S., Dey, A. et al. Elevated temperature and nutrients lead to increased N2O emissions from salt marsh soils from cold and warm climates.#stableisotopes Biogeochemistry 167, 21–37 (2024). https://t.co/uvXfijrDsw

“Elevated temperature and nutrients lead to increased N2O emissions from salt marsh soils from cold and warm climates” https://t.co/veYmyxLkzH @McGillScience @mcgillu @CanGeographers

“Elevated temperature and nutrients lead to increased N2O emissions from salt marsh soils from cold and warm climates” https://t.co/veYmyxLkzH

This seems counterintuitive. The major source of #N2O is likely to be incomplete denitrification. At elevated temperatures you expect more microbial activity and hence more conversion to N2.