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Soil carbon sequestration as a climate change solution
… that soil carbon sequestration is slow stems from its nitrogen and phosphorus contents, which are also lost … fertilizer result in ancillary emissions of nitrous oxide—arguably a greenhouse gas worse than CO2. Nitrous oxide emissions from soils …
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Beech Bark Disease
… girdle the tree, disrupting its internal nutrient transport system and causing it to deteriorate slowly. … understood, but it may be affected by the level of nitrogen in the tree 1 . Like many plant-eating insects, … America, air pollution from fossil fuel combustion and agricultural activities has delivered excess nitrogen to …
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Agriculture without weeds and bugs
… We need a whole-sale rethinking of the regulation of agricultural chemicals to ensure safety before they are in … production is responsible for about 1/3 of our greenhouse gas emissions, about 80 percent of the emissions of reactive nitrogen, and huge amounts of pesticides in the environment. …
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Nitrogen-fixing trees help tropical forests grow faster and store more carbon
Nitrogen-fixing trees help tropical forests grow faster and … partner with soil microbes to turn atmospheric nitrogen gas into a form of nitrogen that is available to fuel plant … countries could sequester an additional 6.7Gt of carbon dioxide over the next 20 years. To give that number some …
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Only the profits will flow upstream
… where soil bacteria can remove nitrate and convert it to nitrogen gas that fills 78% of our atmosphere. Farmers have always … flow of nitrate and phosphate into the Great Lakes from agricultural sources. The citizens of Toledo should be …
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Dr. Jane M. Lucas
… microbial ecology, ecology of antibiotics, agricultural ecosystems and soil health, global change ecology, ecology of microbiomes, … antibiotics affect soil microbes, soil carbon storage, nitrogen cycling, and the rise of antibiotic resistance. …
ltumblety - 11/15/2023 - 14:12
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What's new down on the farm
… world’s growing population is contributing to greenhouse gas emissions Photo by GetLostMike June 6, … of rice. Similarly the largest human emissions of nitrous oxide (N 2 O) are associated with the microbial processing of nitrogen fertilizers and manure applied to agricultural …
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Ammonia
… Nitrogen Recognizing … is primarily released back to the environment as ammonia gas. The urine of mammals contains urea, which is converted … Atmospheric nitrogen compounds II: Emissions, transport, transformation, deposition and assessment. Atmospheric …
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To Be Equitable, US Urban Green Infrastructure Planning Must Transform
… Planning concludes that this will require fundamental transformation in planning processes, and puts forth an … of the Urban Systems Lab. More details and other project publications can be found at www.giequity.org . …
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In the tropics, nitrogen-fixing trees take a hit from herbivores
In the tropics, nitrogen-fixing trees take a hit from herbivores … of the tropical forest carbon sink. By partnering with soil microbes, nitrogen-fixing trees turn atmospheric nitrogen gas into a form of nitrogen that is available to plants. …
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