#Agriculture Might Be Emitting 40 Percent More Of One Greenhouse Gas Than Previously Thought
▻http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/07/30/3686264/nitrous-oxide-agricultural-emissions-underestimated
Synthetic fertilizers are used throughout agriculture — and especially in the United States’ Corn Belt — to help plants grow. But the fertilizers also emit a greenhouse gas known as nitrous oxide (#N2O) that is almost 300 times more potent, pound for pound, than carbon dioxide.
Now, a recent study out of the University of Minnesota suggests that emissions from nitrous oxide have been severely underestimated, by as much as 40 percent in some places.
Le #protoxyde_d’azote, un gaz à effet de serre qui ne fait rire personne
▻http://www.inra.fr/Grand-public/Rechauffement-climatique/Tous-les-dossiers/Changement-climatique-gaz-a-effet-de-serre-et-agriculture/Protoxyde-d-azote-gaz-a-effet-de-serre/(key)/3