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Method that cuts sugarcane emissions gets global prize

A Brazilian scientist who developed a method that reduces greenhouse gas emissions from sugarcane cultivation has been awarded a prize that each year recognises a researcher whose work has excelled in the area of fertiliser use. Heitor Cantarella received the International Fertilizer Association’s (IFA) Norman Borlaug Award on World Fertilizer Day, on 13 October — the date German ...

Nov. 11, 2017

By SciDev.Net

Kansas senator honored with soil stewardship award

A long-time champion for agriculture, research, and the United States’ soil resources, Senator Pat Roberts, a Kansas Republican, will be presented today (Mar. 18) with the 2013 Excellence in Soil Stewardship Award by the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA). The award recognizes policy makers whose exemplary leadership has strengthened the U.S. agricultural enterprise and the natural ...

Mar. 18, 2013

By Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)

British Industry Cuts Climate Emissions Below Expectations

Untitled Document LONDON, UK, July 21, 2005 (ENS) - British industry last year cut by 14.4 million metric tons the amount of carbon dioxide it releases into the atmosphere, more than double the target set by government, according to figures released Thursday by the Department for the Environment, Food And Rural Affairs. Still, opposition MPs and campaign groups are ...

Jul. 22, 2005

By Environment News Service (ENS)

Intensive land management leaves Europe without carbon sinks

Of all global carbon dioxide emissions, less than half accumulate in the atmosphere where it contributes to global warming. The remainder is hidden away in oceans and terrestrial ecosystems such as forests, grasslands and peat-lands. Stimulating this 'free service' of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems is considered one of the main, immediately available ways of reducing climate change. However, ...

Nov. 27, 2009

By ScienceDaily

Study finds that residential lawns release more carbon dioxide than corn fields

More carbon dioxide is released from residential lawns than corn fields according to a new study. And much of the difference can likely be attributed to soil temperature. The data, from researchers at Elizabethtown College, suggest that urban heat islands may be working at smaller scales than previously thought. These findings provide a better understanding of the changes that occur when ...

Apr. 23, 2013

By Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)

Robert Janzen joins ClimateCHECK as Director of Western Canada

ClimateCHECK is pleased to announce that Robert Janzen, PhD, PAg, has joined the firm as Director of Western Canada. Rob has several years of experience as President of Agrologics Consulting Ltd., from which he brings highly technical expertise and experience concerning greenhouse gas (GHG) dynamics associated with agricultural and environmental systems to ClimateCHECK. Rob’s education ...

Jun. 8, 2007

By ClimateCHECK

Chevrolet supports grassland preservation program

Chevrolet has become the first corporate participant in a public-private initiative that pays farmers not to convert natural prairie to large-scale agriculture, which would release gases that are warming the planet, officials said Monday. The automaker, a division of General Motors, said it has bought more than 39,000 metric tons of carbon credits from North Dakota ranchers in the prairie ...

Nov. 17, 2014

By Associated Press

Carbon sinks losing the battle with rising emissions

“Forests, grasslands and oceans are absorbing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere faster than ever but they are not keeping pace with rapidly rising emissions,” says CSIRO scientist and co-Chair of the Global Carbon Project, Dr Mike Raupach. “While these natural CO2 sinks are a huge buffer against climate change, which would occur about twice as fast without them, they cannot be taken for ...

Mar. 11, 2009

By CSIRO, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Researchers study how soil breathes to understand carbon-cycling

Soil respiration (SR) plays a major role in moving carbon from the ecosystem to the atmosphere. Converting land for agricultural use accelerates CO2 emissions via SR. Planting trees (afforestation) has been heralded as a potential climate change mitigation approach. However, new research suggests that the effects of agricultural practices on peatland remain for decades and can continue to ...

Jun. 6, 2008

By European Commission, Environment DG

Green Revolution adds to human burden on planet

Humans are changing not just climate overall, but also the difference between seasons in any given year. Researchers in the US believe they now know why global warming has begun to announce itself both in annual rises in temperature and in the seasonal records of carbon dioxide in the northern hemisphere − the same seasonal variation in atmospheric chemistry that also contains within it ...

Nov. 22, 2014

By Climate News Network

Arcos Combined Cycle Power Plant to house a Microalgae Cultivation Plant developed by Algaenergy

The project was presented to the local and provincial authorities in Arcos de la Frontera The project, which also includes the participation of the company Exeleria, the Universities of Seville and Almería, the Andalusian Energy Agency and the Madrid Network, will require an initial investment of €3 million The plant, which will occupy a surface area of 10,000 square metres, will ...

Sep. 26, 2011

By Iberdrola

Rice paddies raise methane threat

Directly seeding rice into fields rather than transplanting it into flooded paddies would dramatically reduce methane emissions and slow down climate change, according to scientists studying the staple crop. A number of experiments in Asia, particularly in the Philippines and Japan, show that a change in the way rice is grown would have considerable other benefits in saving water and improving ...

Sep. 10, 2016

By Climate News Network

Agriculture and Livestock Remain Major Sources of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

New Worldwatch Institute study examines the agricultural sector’s impact on global greenhouse gas emissions Washington, D.C.—Global greenhouse gas emissions from the agricultural sector totaled 4.69 billion tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent in 2010 (the most recent year for which data are available), an increase of 13 percent over 1990 emissions. By comparison, global CO2 ...

May 8, 2013

By Worldwatch Institute

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