Tag Archives: nitrous oxide

Biofuels, as now produced in the United States, may not be the boon that previous CO2 emission models thought they would be — an example of problems posed by too obviously erroneous initial assumptions 0

Citation Keith A. Smith and Timothy D. Searchinger, Crop-based biofuels and associated environmental concerns, Global Change Biology Bioenergy, doi: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2012.01182.x (early online publication, 07 June 2012) Wishful (or economically motivated) thinking having gotten the best of us There have been obvious problems with the shoddy economic and scientific analyses justifying the production of crop-based biofuels [...]

Categories: Agriculture,Climate change,Energy,Environment,Global warming,Science

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11 June 2012 – 18:38
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By BrainiYak

Strip tillage and fertilization may significantly reduce agricultural contribution to nitrous oxide-caused climatic warming — says University of Missouri study 0

Technique change The University of Missouri’s College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources reported that “strip tillage” is effective in reducing agriculturally-produced nitrous oxide contributions to global warming. Background Nitrous oxide (N20), per molecule, contributes about 300 times more climatic warming effect than CO2 (carbon dioxide).  It is the third most prevalent contributor to global [...]

Categories: Agriculture,Climate,Climate change,Global warming,Science

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15 January 2011 – 11:27
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By BrainiYak