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The shape of nitrogen to come

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An analysis reveals the huge impact of human activity on the nitrogen cycle in China. With global use of Earth's resources rising per head, the findings call for a re-evaluation of the consumption patterns of developed societies. See Letter p.459

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Figure 1: Fertilizer use and nitrogen losses to the environment.

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  1. *This article and the paper under discussion2 were published online on 20 February 2013.

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  1. Mark A. Sutton is at the NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH), Edinburgh Research Station, Edinburgh EH26 0QB, UK.,

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  2. Albert Bleeker is at the Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN), 1755ZG Petten, the Netherlands.,

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  3. M.A.S. and A.B. are also at the International Nitrogen Initiative, co-hosted at the CEH and ECN.,

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