During the past decade, there has been increasing research on the topic of reactive
N issues in relation to air pollution and human health, greenhouse gas emissions and
climate change, and biodiversity protection and nutrient management in China.
These research efforts have substantially improved our understanding of the
human alteration of the regional N cycling and the consequent environmental
impacts in China. In another overview paper, we summarized the recent progress
(Liu X.J., Xu W., Duan L., Du E.Z., Pan Y.P., Lu X.K., Zhang L., Wu Z.Y., Wang
X.M., Zhang Y., Shen J.L., Song L., Feng Z.Z., Liu X.Y., Song W., Tang A.H.,
Zhang Y.Y., Zhang X.Y., Collett Jr. J., Chang Y.H., 2017. Atmospheric nitrogen
emission, deposition and air quality impacts in China: An overview. Current Pollution Reports 3: 65-77). Considering these changes, in late September 2015, I
organized an international workshop on N deposition, air quality, and
eco-environmental impacts in Beijing. More than 30 experts from China, the United
States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and the Netherlands participated this workshop and agreed to publish an atmospheric reactive N-related book in China.
Dr. Enzai Du, who relocated to Beijing Normal University in September 2013, has
been assigned as a coordinator of the IUFRO research unit on atmospheric deposition, soils, and nutrient cycles since September 2015. Together with the IUFRO
colleagues, Dr. Enzai Du has organized several sessions on reactive N deposition
during IUFRO conferences and edited two associated special issues on “Forest
response to environmental stress: Impacts and adaptation” (in Science of the Total
Environment) and “Global atmospheric nitrogen deposition and forests: Status and
ecological impacts” (in Environmental Pollution), respectively. In October 2016,
Dr. Enzai Du was invited by Dr. Yu Zhu, an associate editor from Springer Nature
Publisher, to contribute a book. This opportunity made it possible to extend the
framework of our previous review papers to a book entitled Atmospheric Reactive
Nitrogen in China: Emission, Deposition and Environmental Impacts. We then
proposed an outline of the book and invited leading scientists in the field to
contribute to each chapter. We have finally completed the first edition of this book
within 2 years and carefully revised it for another year.
Based on a literature synthesis, this book summarized recent research results on
(1) the emission, deposition, and budget of atmospheric reactive N in China, (2) the
contribution of atmospheric reactive N to air pollution, (3) the impacts of N
deposition on ecosystems, and (4) the regulatory strategies for mitigation of atmospheric reactive N pollution from agricultural and nonagricultural sectors. This book
provides a glance of the environmental issues of reactive N in China to the graduate
students, researchers, educators in agricultural, ecological and environmental sciences, and policy-makers. As China is experiencing a rapid transition of its economy, toward green agricultural and industrial systems, we may seek to contribute a
second or Chinese version of the book by including new research findings of
N-associated environmental issues, whenever possible in the future.
We thank Profs. Mark A. Sutton, Wim de Vries, and Xiaotang Ju for their helpful
comments on the book proposal and Profs. Jeff Collett and Keith Goulding for their
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N issues in relation to air pollution and human health, greenhouse gas emissions and
climate change, and biodiversity protection and nutrient management in China.
These research efforts have substantially improved our understanding of the
human alteration of the regional N cycling and the consequent environmental
impacts in China. In another overview paper, we summarized the recent progress
(Liu X.J., Xu W., Duan L., Du E.Z., Pan Y.P., Lu X.K., Zhang L., Wu Z.Y., Wang
X.M., Zhang Y., Shen J.L., Song L., Feng Z.Z., Liu X.Y., Song W., Tang A.H.,
Zhang Y.Y., Zhang X.Y., Collett Jr. J., Chang Y.H., 2017. Atmospheric nitrogen
emission, deposition and air quality impacts in China: An overview. Current Pollution Reports 3: 65-77). Considering these changes, in late September 2015, I
organized an international workshop on N deposition, air quality, and
eco-environmental impacts in Beijing. More than 30 experts from China, the United
States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and the Netherlands participated this workshop and agreed to publish an atmospheric reactive N-related book in China.
Dr. Enzai Du, who relocated to Beijing Normal University in September 2013, has
been assigned as a coordinator of the IUFRO research unit on atmospheric deposition, soils, and nutrient cycles since September 2015. Together with the IUFRO
colleagues, Dr. Enzai Du has organized several sessions on reactive N deposition
during IUFRO conferences and edited two associated special issues on “Forest
response to environmental stress: Impacts and adaptation” (in Science of the Total
Environment) and “Global atmospheric nitrogen deposition and forests: Status and
ecological impacts” (in Environmental Pollution), respectively. In October 2016,
Dr. Enzai Du was invited by Dr. Yu Zhu, an associate editor from Springer Nature
Publisher, to contribute a book. This opportunity made it possible to extend the
framework of our previous review papers to a book entitled Atmospheric Reactive
Nitrogen in China: Emission, Deposition and Environmental Impacts. We then
proposed an outline of the book and invited leading scientists in the field to
contribute to each chapter. We have finally completed the first edition of this book
within 2 years and carefully revised it for another year.
Based on a literature synthesis, this book summarized recent research results on
(1) the emission, deposition, and budget of atmospheric reactive N in China, (2) the
contribution of atmospheric reactive N to air pollution, (3) the impacts of N
deposition on ecosystems, and (4) the regulatory strategies for mitigation of atmospheric reactive N pollution from agricultural and nonagricultural sectors. This book
provides a glance of the environmental issues of reactive N in China to the graduate
students, researchers, educators in agricultural, ecological and environmental sciences, and policy-makers. As China is experiencing a rapid transition of its economy, toward green agricultural and industrial systems, we may seek to contribute a
second or Chinese version of the book by including new research findings of
N-associated environmental issues, whenever possible in the future.
We thank Profs. Mark A. Sutton, Wim de Vries, and Xiaotang Ju for their helpful
comments on the book proposal and Profs. Jeff Collett and Keith Goulding for their
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Preface