Atmospheric nitrogen oxides (NOx=NO+NO2) are central to the chemistry of the environment, as they play a pivotal role in the cycling of reactive nitrogen and the oxidative capacity of the atmosphere. The stable isotopes of atmospheric nitrate (in the form of particulate NO?3 or gaseous HNO3), their main ultimate sinks, provide insights in chemical budget of NOx : its nitrogen isotopes are almost conservative tracers of their sources, whereas NOx sinks are revealed by its triple oxygen isotopic composition. The long-awaited challenge of measuring all three stable isotope ratios of nitrate (17O/16O, 18O/16O and 15N/14N) in a single sample at sub-micromolar levels has been resolved. The newly developed method makes use of denitrifying bacteria...