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Phosphorus demand for the 1970–2100 period: A scenario analysis of resource depletion

The phosphorus (P) cycle has been significantly altered by human activities. For this paper, we explored the sustainability of current P flows in terms of resource depletion and the ultimate fate of…

Workshop measurements and modelling of PM2.5 in Europe Overview and Proceedings

The report gives an overview and proceedings of the 2009 workshop on PM 2.5 organized by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) in cooperation with TNO. The aim of this workshop was…

Global Nutrient Export from WaterSheds 2 (NEWS 2): Model development and implementation

NEWS 2 can be used as an effective tool to examine the impact of polices to reduce coastal eutrophication at regional to global scales. Continued enhancements will focus on the incorporation of other…

Global river nutrient export: A scenario analysis of past and future trend

Synthesis of the Global Nutrient export from Watersheds project.

Increasing anthropogenic nitrogen inputs and riverine DIN exports from the Changjiang River basin

Our result indicates that anthropogenically enhanced N inputs dominate and will continue to dominate river DIN yields under changing human pressures in the basin. Therefore, nitrogen pollution is and…

Netherlands Informative Inventory Report 2010

This report constituting the Netherlands Informative Inventory Report (IIR) contains information on the inventories in the Netherlands up to 2008. It includes descriptions of methods and data sources…

Setting national emission ceilings for air pollutants: policy lessons from an ex-post evaluation of the Gothenburg Protocol

The Protocol to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone, or Gothenburg Protocol (UNECE EB, 1999), was developed within the framework of the UN Convention on Long Range Transboundary…

Consequences of the cultivation of energy crops for the global nitrogen cycle

We quantified the impact of the production of energy crops on the global N cycle for the recently published OECD “Global cooperation for environmental policy” (GC) scenario. We project that large…

Human alteration of the global nitrogen and phosphorus soil balances for the period 1970–2050

The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA) scenarios allow for describing contrasting future developments in agricultural nutrient use under changing climate for the next five decades. Massive…

Attainability of PM2.5 air quality standards, situation for the Netherlands in a European context

It is likely that the air quality standards for PM2.5 will be met in time under current and proposed national and European policies, assuming average meteorological conditions. In 2015, the…