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Aptis Reading Part 4

1. The UN issued a warning about the dangers of nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas. It said levels could double by 2050, reversing gains made to the ozone layer and exacerbating global warming. 2. Nitrous oxide is one of several "Cinderella gases" whose impact goes unnoticed. Agriculture produces most emissions, though it is also used medically and recreationally with linked health risks. 3. Researchers say nitrous oxide now poses the single biggest threat to the ozone layer since restricted chemicals. The ozone hole is recovering but nitrous oxide emissions could rise 83% by 2050 without action.

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Aptis Reading Part 4

1. The UN issued a warning about the dangers of nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas. It said levels could double by 2050, reversing gains made to the ozone layer and exacerbating global warming. 2. Nitrous oxide is one of several "Cinderella gases" whose impact goes unnoticed. Agriculture produces most emissions, though it is also used medically and recreationally with linked health risks. 3. Researchers say nitrous oxide now poses the single biggest threat to the ozone layer since restricted chemicals. The ozone hole is recovering but nitrous oxide emissions could rise 83% by 2050 without action.

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8/30/2015 PracticeTests

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[Link](Unep)hasissuedawarningaboutthedangersposedbynitrous
oxide,thesocalled"laughinggas".Inareportpresentedatglobalclimatetalks,Unepsaysthechemicalisnowthe
[Link],levelsofthegascoulddouble
[Link],itcouldreversegainsmadetoslowthethinningoftheozonelayerandexacerbateglobal
warming.

[Link]"Cinderella'gases,becausetheircontribution
passesunnoticed.N2Oexistsnaturallyintheatmospherebutagricultureisbyfarthebiggesthumansource,
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sometimesusedasarecreationaldrug,called"nozz",anditsabusehasbeenlinkedtopermanentneurological
damageanddeaths.

[Link],researcherssaythatithasemergedasthesinglebiggestthreattotheozonelayersincechlorofluorocarbons
[Link]"hole"over
Antarcticahasstartedtorecoverasaresultofthephasingoutofthehairspraysandrefrigerantsthatcontained
thesesubstances.

[Link],ifnoactionistaken,levelsofnitrousoxidecouldincreaseby83%from2005to
2050."ThecontinuedbuildupofN2Ointheatmospherewillcontinuetodepletethestratosphericozonelayerandin
sodoingwilltoadegreeunderminetheachievementsoftheMontrealProtocol,"saysthedocument.

[Link]'sexecutivedirector,AchimSteiner,warnedthataswellasposingathreattotheozonelayer,nitrousoxide
hasapowerfulglobalwarmingeffect."It'soneofthoseelementsinourmodernlifethatwehavenotfullyunderstood
intermsofitsnegativeimpacts."Ifwecanbringittotheattentionoffarmers,governmentandindustry,the
importanceofmanagingnitrousoxidemoreefficiently,andtheclimatebenefitsitisanoregretoption,"hesaid.
Theresearchunderlinesthefactthatnitrousoxideistheworld'sthirdmostpowerfulgaswhenitcomestoglobal
warmingpotential.

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ignoredanylonger."Nitrousoxidemakesuponly6%ofthegreenhousegasesbutintermsofCO2,itisthe
equivalenttoemittingthree[billiontonnes]ayear."Thisisabout50%ofthetotalamountofemissionsfromevery
vehicleintheworld."

[Link],theresearcherswereoptimisticthatboththewarmingpotentialandthedangertotheozonelayercould
beswiftlycurtailedifactionwastaken,particularlyinagriculture."Intheagriculturalsector,itcomesdowntousing
nitrogenfertilisermoreefficiently,averysimpleidea,toimprovetheuptakebycropsandlivestock,"saidDr
Alcamo."Ithasalottodowithusingtherightfertiliser,intherightplace."

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