Characterization of waterborne nitrogen emissions for marine eutrophication modelling in life cycle impact assessment at the damage level and global scale

Nuno Miguel Dias Cosme; Michael Zwicky Hauschild

doi:10.1007/s11367-017-1271-5

Characterization of waterborne nitrogen emissions for marine eutrophication modelling in life cycle impact assessment at the damage level and global scale

Nuno Miguel Dias Cosme, Michael Zwicky Hauschild

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Abstract

Current life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) methods lack a consistent and globally applicable characterization model relating nitrogen (N, as dissolved inorganic nitrogen, DIN) enrichment of coastal waters to the marine eutrophication impacts at the endpoint level. This paper introduces a method to calculate spatially explicit characterization factors (CFs) at endpoint and damage to ecosystems levels, for waterborne nitrogen emissions, reflecting their hypoxia-related marine eutrophication impacts, modelled for 5772 river basins of the world.

Original language	English
Journal	International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Volume	22
Issue number	10
Pages (from-to)	1558-1570
ISSN	0948-3349
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-017-1271-5
Publication status	Published - 2017

Keywords

Environment
Environment, general
Environmental Economics
Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology
Environmental Chemistry
SC7
Characterization factors
Damage to ecosystem
Effect
Endpoint
Exposure
Fate
LCIA
River basin

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Characterization of waterborne nitrogen emissions for marine eutrophication modelling in life cycle impact assessment at the damage level and global scale. / Cosme, Nuno Miguel Dias; Hauschild, Michael Zwicky.
In: International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, Vol. 22, No. 10, 2017, p. 1558-1570.

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Characterization of waterborne nitrogen emissions for marine eutrophication modelling in life cycle impact assessment at the damage level and global scale

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