Aquaculture is associated with a number of environmental problems at the local to regional scale. Nutrient-rich waste from aquaculture ponds can leach into surrounding waters, resulting in ...

Otherwise known as laughing gas, nitrous oxide – N 2 O – has been used as an anaesthetic since the 19 th century. It is commonly used during childbirth, after trauma and in end-of-life care ...

However, emissions of nitrous oxide — the main source of ozone-destroying nitrogen-based chemicals — remain unregulated by the protocol.

Emissions of nitrous oxide—a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide or methane—continued unabated between 1980 and 2020, a year when more than 10 million metric tons flowed into the atmosphere ...