nitrous oxide

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But excessive tonnages of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride are changing Earth’s climate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

Additional surplus nitrogen in soil can produce nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas.

From Science Daily • Nov. 24, 2025

Meanwhile, fertiliser use emits nitrous oxide -- the third-most-potent greenhouse gas after methane and carbon dioxide.

From Barron's • Nov. 11, 2025

Ye has since sued his dentist for "recklessly" supplying Ye with "dangerous amounts of nitrous oxide".

From BBC • May 27, 2025

Chlorine is green and is deadly; nitrous oxide is colorless and makes people giggle.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife