Agricultural Application of Nitrogen Fertilizer

question 20

Multiple Choice

Agricultural application of nitrogen fertilizer

• A) reduces global warming by increasing the storage of carbon dioxide in plant biomass.
• B) increases global warming by increasing microbial respiration in agricultural soils.
• C) increases global warming by increasing the production of nitrous oxide (N₂O) by denitrification in agricultural soils.
• D) has little to no effect on the carbon cycle.

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