Use the visualization and associated data set to explain the global warming potential of greenhouse gases, specifically of N2O, relative to that of carbon dioxide.
Discuss the possible impact of N2O emissions from fertilizers on climate.
Use the visualization and associated data set Global warming potential of greenhouse gases over 100-year timescale to explore the global warming potential (GWP), over a 100-year time-scale, of one-unit masses of various GHGs, and specifically of N2O, relative to that of carbon dioxide.
With a much higher GWP than carbon dioxide per unit mass, the possible impact of N2O emissions from fertilizers on climate is more potent than that of carbon dioxide.
Discuss why a small change in N2O emissions could have a significant impact on global warming.