Agricultural application of nitrogen fertilizer
A) reduces global warming by increasing the storage of carbon dioxide in plant biomass.
B) increases global warming by increasing microbial respiration in agricultural soils.
C) increases global warming by increasing the production of nitrous oxide (N2O) by denitrification in agricultural soils.
D) has little to no effect on the carbon cycle.
Answer: C
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