Nitrogen Oxide Pollutant: How It is Produced and Used and Its Negative Effects

Nitrogen Oxide Pollutant
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Nitrogen Oxide Pollutant
Producing the nitrogen oxide pollutant is a process. Agricultural soils characterize a relatively vast and increasing worldwide nitrous oxide source. Researchers currently estimate the annual nitrogen oxide pollutant production at between two and four million tons of oxide internationally. With an instant rise in population growth, and the resulting demand for more food-making, both the agricultural soils regions and the intensity of their utilization will continue increasing steadily in the forthcoming years. Using synthetic fertilizers is one of the widespread direct nitrogen oxide sources. The extensive rise in using such nitrogen-based fertilizers has been majorly triggered by the necessity for increased crop harvests and more intensive farming exercises (Thurston, 2017).
Nitrogen oxide is a colorless gas with a slight odor. The oxide leads to the pollution challenge wherever it is introduced or released. Nitrogen oxide gets released into the earth’s surface through human-induced and natural sources (Huang et al., 2021). Introducing and transferring the pollutant throughout the environment happens in different ways. For example, substantial nitrogen oxide amounts might be generated and emitted into the environment where huge applications of nitrogen-based fertilizers are blended with soil conditions favoring denitrification. Likewise, regular, extensive, and regulated animal waste used as fertilizer can produce considerable nitrous oxide emissions from agricultural soils. Some extra nitrogen oxide is alleged to result in agricultural soils via the nitrogen fixation process. However, this source’s actual significance remains poorly outlined.
Like human beings, nitrogen oxide also affects the environment in different ways. The harmful chemical compound interacts with oxygen, water, and other chemicals in the surroundings to create acid rain. This rain tampers sensitive ecosystems like forests, oceans, and lakes, affecting organisms living there. These gases also play a vital role in forming ...