Sunday, September 25, 2011

Impact of agriculture on global warming

About a third part of global warming and climate change due to agriculture. Generally  it’s recognized that much of the principal gas that produces the greenhouse effect, carbon dioxide, comes from agriculture, especially deforestation and biomass burning. Domestic ruminants, forest fires, rice cultivation in wetlands and waste products produce most of the methane in the atmosphere, while conventional tillage and fertilizer use generate a high percentage of nitrous oxides.  Together, these agricultural processes are the 54% of methane emissions, approximately 80% of nitrous oxide emissions, and virtually all carbon dioxide emissions linked to land use. According to the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), agriculture is among the 3 main causes of the greenhouse effect observed over the last 250 years.

Eloy Conde
Saúl Lechuga Rodríguez

6 comments:

  1. unfortunately in our country is gonna be a important issue because the lack of respect for the law in the aplication of preventive mesures regarding the agriculture matter having a negative result that will be not beneficial for the humanity.


    eva alicia huepa

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  2. culture takes our planet to take the steps proved necessary to not end with our planet

    ANA KAREN DIAZ MONTERO

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  3. Agriculture as well as benefits us, also brings problems such as global warming, what we should do is find new techniques for farming, or other things.

    Por Alan Flores

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  4. is a good text and almost no one thinks about how pollution affects our food, focusing primarily on climate affectation.
    Adriana herrera

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  5. I felt that the use of chemicals in agriculture sooner or later it will cause great harm to health, because we will not eat "natural products" and besides that causes damage to the environment.
    sandra coyotl tlachi

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  6. Totally agree! one of the most affected sectors are agriculture and greenhouse gas-induced global warming is a major contributor.

    Isabel Sarabia

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