HaNi: A Historical dataset of Anthropogenic Nitrogen Inputs to the terrestrial biosphere (1860-2019)

doi:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.942069

HaNi: A Historical dataset of Anthropogenic Nitrogen Inputs to the terrestrial biosphere (1860-2019)

Excessive anthropogenic nitrogen (N) inputs to the biosphere have disrupted the global nitrogen cycle. To better quantify the spatial and temporal patterns of anthropogenic N enrichments, assess their impacts on the biogeochemical cycles of the planet and other living organisms, and improve nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) for sustainable development, we develop a comprehensive and synthetic dataset for anthropogenic N inputs to the terrestrial biosphere. This Harmonized Anthropogenic N Inputs (HaNi) dataset takes advantage of different data sources in a spatiotemporally consistent way to generate a set of high-resolution gridded N input products from the preindustrial to present (1860-2019). The HaNi dataset includes annual rates of synthetic N fertilizer, manure application/deposition, and atmospheric N deposition in cropland, pasture, and rangeland at 5-arcmin. Specifically, the N inputs are categorized, according to the N forms and the land use, as 1) NH4-N fertilizer applied to cropland, 2) NO3-N fertilizer applied to cropland, 3) NH4-N fertilizer applied to pasture, 4) NO3-N fertilizer applied to pasture, 5) manure N application on cropland, 6) manure N application on pasture, 7) manure N deposition on pasture, 8) manure N deposition on rangeland, 9) NHx-N deposition, and 10) NOy-N deposition. The total anthropogenic N (TN) inputs to global terrestrial ecosystems increased from 29.05 Tg N yr-1 in the 1860s to 267.23 Tg N yr-1 in the 2010s, with the dominant N source changing from atmospheric N deposition (before the 1900s) to manure N (the 1910s-2000s), and to synthetic fertilizer in the 2010s. The proportion of synthetic NH4-N fertilizer increased from 64% in the 1960s to 90% in the 2010s, while synthetic NO3-N fertilizer decreased from 36% in the 1960s to 10% in the 2010s. Hotspots of TN inputs shifted from Europe and North America to East and South Asia during the 1960s-2010s. Such spatial and temporal dynamics captured by the HaNi dataset are expected to facilitate a comprehensive assessment of the coupled human-earth system and address a variety of social welfare issues, such as climate-biosphere feedback, air pollution, water quality, and biodiversity.

BibTex:

@dataset{Tian_Hanqin_and_Bian_Zihao_and_Shi_Hao_and_Qin_Xiaoyu_and_Pan_Naiqing_and_Lu_Chaoqun_and_Pan_Shufen_and_Tubiello_Francesco_N_and_Chang_Jinfeng_and_Conchedda_Giulia_and_Liu_Junguo_and_Mueller_Nathaniel_and_Nishina_Kazuya_and_Xu_Rongting_and_Yang_Jia_and_You_Liangzhi_and_Zhang_Bowen_2022,
    abstract = {Excessive anthropogenic nitrogen (N) inputs to the biosphere have disrupted the global nitrogen cycle. To better quantify the spatial and temporal patterns of anthropogenic N enrichments, assess their impacts on the biogeochemical cycles of the planet and other living organisms, and improve nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) for sustainable development, we develop a comprehensive and synthetic dataset for anthropogenic N inputs to the terrestrial biosphere. This Harmonized Anthropogenic N Inputs (HaNi) dataset takes advantage of different data sources in a spatiotemporally consistent way to generate a set of high-resolution gridded N input products from the preindustrial to present (1860-2019). The HaNi dataset includes annual rates of synthetic N fertilizer, manure application/deposition, and atmospheric N deposition in cropland, pasture, and rangeland at 5-arcmin. Specifically, the N inputs are categorized, according to the N forms and the land use, as 1) NH4-N fertilizer applied to cropland, 2) NO3-N fertilizer applied to cropland, 3) NH4-N fertilizer applied to pasture, 4) NO3-N fertilizer applied to pasture, 5) manure N application on cropland, 6) manure N application on pasture, 7) manure N deposition on pasture, 8) manure N deposition on rangeland, 9) NHx-N deposition, and 10) NOy-N deposition. The total anthropogenic N (TN) inputs to global terrestrial ecosystems increased from 29.05 Tg N yr-1 in the 1860s to 267.23 Tg N yr-1 in the 2010s, with the dominant N source changing from atmospheric N deposition (before the 1900s) to manure N (the 1910s-2000s), and to synthetic fertilizer in the 2010s. The proportion of synthetic NH4-N fertilizer increased from 64% in the 1960s to 90% in the 2010s, while synthetic NO3-N fertilizer decreased from 36% in the 1960s to 10% in the 2010s. Hotspots of TN inputs shifted from Europe and North America to East and South Asia during the 1960s-2010s. Such spatial and temporal dynamics captured by the HaNi dataset are expected to facilitate a comprehensive assessment of the coupled human-earth system and address a variety of social welfare issues, such as climate-biosphere feedback, air pollution, water quality, and biodiversity.},
    author = {Tian, Hanqin and Bian, Zihao and Shi, Hao and Qin, Xiaoyu and Pan, Naiqing and Lu, Chaoqun and Pan, Shufen and Tubiello, Francesco N and Chang, Jinfeng and Conchedda, Giulia and Liu, Junguo and Mueller, Nathaniel and Nishina, Kazuya and Xu, Rongting and Yang, Jia and You, Liangzhi and Zhang, Bowen},
    doi = {10.1594/PANGAEA.942069},
    institution = {PANGAEA (Lithosphere)},
    keyword = {'Crop', 'atmospheric deposition', 'fertilizer', 'manure', 'nitrogen', 'pastures', 'rangeland'},
    title = {HaNi: A Historical dataset of Anthropogenic Nitrogen Inputs to the terrestrial biosphere (1860-2019)},
    url = {https://service.tib.eu/ldmservice/vdataset/png-doi-10-1594-pangaea-942069},
    year = {2022}
}