Nitrous oxide has a lifetime of 120 years and is approximately 270 times more powerful than carbon dioxide per tonne of ...

Otherwise known as laughing gas, nitrous oxide – N 2 O – has been used as an anaesthetic since the 19 th century. It is commonly used during childbirth, after trauma and in end-of-life care ...

A new UN report highlights the urgent need to address nitrous oxide emissions, which are accelerating climate change, harming ...

The government made the possession of nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, a criminal offence in England and Wales, as part of plans to tackle anti-social behaviour. Its use soared during the pandemic ...

Failing to reduce nitrous oxide emissions could jeopardize the Paris climate agreement's goal to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. The Global Nitrous Oxide Assessment reveals a 40% increase ...

Ecologist Christina Biasi is exploring the conditions under which tiny organisms contribute to permafrost soils emitting ...

Possession of nitrous oxide, also known as NOS, has become a criminal offence in the UK. Now categorised as a class C drug, possession of laughing gas for its "psychoactive effects" will carry a ...

Lil Uzi Vert appears to address their alleged use of nitrous oxide, also known as “galaxy gas,” on the rapper's new song “We ...

“Inhaling nitrous oxide produces a very transient high — a tingling sensation or a sense of dizziness, calmness or relaxation,” pediatric pulmonologist Dr. John Carl told the Cleveland Clinic.

Emissions of nitrous oxide—a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide or methane—continued unabated between 1980 and 2020, a year when more than 10 million metric tons flowed into the atmosphere ...

Agrology today launched the first real-time, in-field nitrous oxide (N2O) flux sensor, breaking new ground for climate-smart agriculture. This technology advances efforts by farmers, academics and ...