As a result, these turf grass lawns are considered to be 'carbon sinks'. However, lately it has been reported that several general practices followed on these lawns actually lead to the production of greenhouse gases. Aspects such as fertilizer production, mowing, leaf blowing and other lawn management practices result in the emission of greenhouse gases in a proportion four folds more than the amount of carbon stored by such ornate green spaces. An extremely potent greenhouse gas, nitrous oxide is discovered to be released from soil after fertilization. Nitrous oxide is immensely detrimental to the environment as it is estimated to be 300 times more powerful than carbon dioxide.