Using ammonia as a shipping fuel could disturb the nitrogen cycle

Paul Wolfram (), Page Kyle, Xin Zhang, Savvas Gkantonas and Steven Smith
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Paul Wolfram: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Page Kyle: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Xin Zhang: University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Savvas Gkantonas: University of Cambridge
Steven Smith: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Nature Energy, 2022, vol. 7, issue 12, 1112-1114

Abstract: Ammonia has been proposed as a shipping fuel, yet potential adverse side-effects are poorly understood. We argue that if nitrogen releases from ammonia are not tightly controlled, the scale of the demands of maritime transport are such that the global nitrogen cycle could be substantially altered.

Date: 2022
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