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Curbing nitrogen emissions is a central environmental challenge for the twenty-first century, argue Mark Sutton and his colleagues.

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  1. Mark A. Sutton and Wilfried Winiwarter: Mark A. Sutton is at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Edinburgh EH26 0QB, UK. He is co-chair of the UNECE Task Force on Reactive Nitrogen and a contributor to the European Nitrogen Assessment.

  2. Oene Oenema: Oene Oenema is at Alterra, Wageningen 6700 AA, the Netherlands. He is co-chair of the UNECE Task Force on Reactive Nitrogen and a contributor to the European Nitrogen Assessment.

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  1. Jan Willem Erisman is at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands ,

    Jan Willem Erisman

  2. Adrian Leip is at the European Commission-Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, I-21027 Ispra, Italy ,

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  3. Hans van Grinsven is at the PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, 3720 AH Bilthoven ,

    Mark A. Sutton & Hans van Grinsven

  4. Wilfried Winiwarter is at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria.,

    Wilfried Winiwarter

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Sutton, M., Oenema, O., Erisman, J. et al. Too much of a good thing. Nature 472, 159–161 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/472159a

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