News tagged with nitrous oxide emissions


ARS Explores Ways to Keep Carbon in the Soil

ARS Explores Ways to Keep Carbon in the Soil

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are testing out alternative ways of tilling the soil and rotating crops to see if they can help wheat farmers in Oregon sequester more carbon ...


Farmers harness manure's gases to generate power

Technology / Energy

created Feb 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Where others see simply manure, Danny Kluthe smells money. Long before President Barack Obama promised the country that "we will harness the sun and the winds and the soil," Kluthe already had yoked the power of pig poop.





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Nitrous oxide emissions respond differently to no-till depending on the soil type

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 22, 2008 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

The practice of no-till has increased considerably during the past 20 yr. The absence of tillage coupled with the accumulation of crop residues at the soil surface modifies several soil properties but also influence nitrogen ...


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New study shows nitrous oxide now top ozone-depleting emission

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 3

Nitrous oxide has now become the largest ozone-depleting substance emitted through human activities, and is expected to remain the largest throughout the 21st century, NOAA scientists say in a new study.


Studying Fertilizers to Cut Greenhouse Gases

Studying Fertilizers to Cut Greenhouse Gases

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have found that using alternative types of fertilizers can cut back on greenhouse gas emissions, at least in one part of the country. They are ...


Nitrous oxide from ocean microbes

Biology /

created Dec 10, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A large amount of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide is produced by bacteria in the oxygen poor parts of the ocean using nitrites, Dr Mark Trimmer told journalists at a Science Media Centre press briefing today.


No laughing matter -- bacteria are releasing a serious greenhouse gas

Biology /

created Mar 31, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (22) | comments 3

Unlike carbon dioxide and methane, laughing gas has been largely ignored by world leaders as a worrying greenhouse gas. But nitrous oxide must be taken more seriously, says Professor David Richardson from the University of ...


Nitrous oxide: definitely no laughing matter

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 18, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Farmers, food suppliers, policy-makers, business leaders and environmentalists are joining forces to confront the threat of the ‘forgotten greenhouse gas’ by taking part in an influential new forum at the University of East ...


Reducing Agriculture's Climate Change Footprint

Reducing Agriculture's Climate Change Footprint

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Curbing greenhouse gas emissions from cultivated fields may require going beyond cutting back on nitrogen fertilizer and changing crop rotation cycles, according to research by Agricultural ...


Nitrate stimulates greenhouse gas production in small streams

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Nitrous oxide is a potent greenhouse gas that has been accumulating in the atmosphere since the industrial revolution. It is well known that fertilizer can stimulate nitrous oxide production in soils, but less is known about ...


Intensive land management leaves Europe without carbon sinks

Intensive land management leaves Europe without carbon sinks

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

A new calculation of Europe's greenhouse gas balance shows that emissions of methane and nitrous oxide tip the balance and eliminate Europe's terrestrial sink of greenhouse gases.


Researcher working on corn varieties that need less nitrogen

Biology /

created Mar 14, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Jonathan Lynch has made a name for himself doing ground-breaking (pun intended) research on the roots of bean and soybean plants in an effort to improve crop yields in places such as Africa, Asia and Latin America.



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