nitrous oxide

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

From Science Daily

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

From Barron's

A mother says she feels "distraught" about young people illegally using nitrous oxide, after her daughter was killed by a speeding driver who had been inhaling the drug.

From BBC

In 2016 it was made illegal to supply or import nitrous oxide if it was likely to be consumed for its psychoactive effect, and in 2023 it was made a class C drug.

From BBC

A court case against England goalkeeper Khiara Keating has been dropped nearly a year after she pleaded not guilty to possessing canisters of nitrous oxide.

From BBC