nitrogen oxide
noun
: any of several oxides of nitrogen most of which are produced in combustion and are considered to be atmospheric pollutants: such as
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Colorado oil and gas operators expect to meet or exceed the state requirement of cutting nitrogen oxide emissions 30% by 2025.
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Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 3 Oct. 2024
Last but not least, a government decision that will cut air pollution: Southern California regulators are requiring rail yard owners, including BNSF and Union Pacific, to sharply reduce lung-irritating nitrogen oxides.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024
Ammonia pollution exceeds nitrogen One component of wet nitrogen — nitrogen oxides — has been reduced since the project began nearly 20 years ago.
—Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post, 8 Sep. 2024
Studies have shown a long and drawn-out reduction in eggshell thickness in blackbirds, song thrushes and mistle thrushes, for instance, all linked to acidification of their lowland environments, mostly through pollutants such as sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide.
—Jules Howard, TIME, 4 Sep. 2024
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Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 3 Oct. 2024
Last but not least, a government decision that will cut air pollution: Southern California regulators are requiring rail yard owners, including BNSF and Union Pacific, to sharply reduce lung-irritating nitrogen oxides.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024
Ammonia pollution exceeds nitrogen One component of wet nitrogen — nitrogen oxides — has been reduced since the project began nearly 20 years ago.
—Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post, 8 Sep. 2024
Studies have shown a long and drawn-out reduction in eggshell thickness in blackbirds, song thrushes and mistle thrushes, for instance, all linked to acidification of their lowland environments, mostly through pollutants such as sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide.
—Jules Howard, TIME, 4 Sep. 2024
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“Nitrogen oxide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nitrogen%20oxide. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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