Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Cropping and Grazed Pastures Are Similar: A Simulation Analysis in Australia

Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Cropping and Grazed Pastures Are Similar: A Simulation Analysis in Australia

The agricultural sector has potential to provide greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation by sequestering soil organic carbon (SOC). Replacing cropland with permanent pasture is one practice promoted for its potential to sequester soil carbon. However, pastures frequently support livestock, which produce oth...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth A. Meier, Peter J. Thorburn, Lindsay W. Bell, Matthew T. Harrison, Jody S. Biggs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Subjects:
global warming potential
carbon sequestration
nitrous oxide
methane
APSIM
whole farm greenhouse gas emissions
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fsufs.2019.00121/full

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