Alternative solution to global warming arising from CO 2 emissions—Partial neutralization of tropospheric H 2 CO 3 with NH 3

• Published in: Environmental Progress
• Main Author: Apak, Resat
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2007
• Subjects: General Environmental Science; Carbonic acid
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ep.10228; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fep.10228; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ep.10228

Abstract The impact of anthropogenic CO 2 emissions to global warming arising from the “greenhouse effect” is presented, and atmospheric fate of NH 3 summarized. It is proposed that if the near‐future attempts of the United Nations to restrict the emissions of CO 2 from fossil fuels end up with failure, it would be a rational alternative to increase the contribution of anthropogenic NH 3 , the only alkaline gaseous molecule in the troposphere, so as to partly neutralize atmospheric carbonic acid in aerosols in the form of ammonium bicarbonate, which would be eventually swept away by precipitation to the oceans where the HCO − 3 species is stable. Thus, addition of ammonium N‐compounds to infertile nonurban land, especially in the form of urea, is recommended to enable volatilization losses of NH 3 to the atmosphere. © 2007 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Environ Prog, 26: 355–359, 2007